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Live auction - bgr_534312 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme VF/AU
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Estimate : 320 €
Price : 175 €
Maximum bid : 175 €
End of the sale : 28 April 2020 14:01:30
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 272 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,34 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, légèrement décentré au revers. Frappe molle au droite. Taché sur le bouclier. Joli revers, inhabituel avec l’épi dans le champ du revers. Jolie patine au revers avec des reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse description : Cavalier galopant à gauche, casqué, armé d'une double javeline et d'un bouclier orné d'un astre.
Obverse legend : IW/ [APOLLW].
Obverse translation : (Apollon).

Reverse


Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant une grappe de raisin de la main droite et une quenouille de la gauche ; derrière Taras, un épi sur sa tige.
Reverse legend : [ANQ]/ TARAS.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).

Historical background


CALABRIA - TARAS

(281-272 BC)

Pyrrhus strategos, King of Epirus

After the "victory" at Ascoli in 279 BC, Pyrrhus, who failed to secure a decisive victory over the Romans, became angry with his Greek and Syracusan allies and was finally defeated at Benevento in 275 BC. J.-C. He retired to Epirus where he was quickly assassinated.

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