bgr_275209 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme
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Price : 550.00 €
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 250-235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 6,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, légèrement décentré au revers. Représentation inhabituelle du droit. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Jean Elsen (Belgique)
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu et casqué, galopant à droite, tenant une javeline verticalement de la main droite, un bouclier de la main gauche.
Obverse legend : FI/ tHERAK/HTOS
Obverse translation : (Aristoclès).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et un corne d’abondance de la main gauche ; derrière à droite, un monogramme et un thymiaterion.
Reverse legend : TAR[AS]
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
Commentary
Cassure de coin en bordure de flan sur le canthare donnant l’impression que Taras tient une palme.
Corner break at the edge of the flan on the kantharos giving the impression that Taras is holding a palm
Corner break at the edge of the flan on the kantharos giving the impression that Taras is holding a palm
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(272-235 BC)
Autonomous - First Treaty with the Romans
Taranto, founded around 706 BC by the Parthenopeans, was Sparta's only colony. According to mythology, Taras was the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyra. He was saved during a shipwreck by a dolphin who deposited him near the future city and the legend TAPAS designates the city. After the departure of Pyrrhus, Taranto submitted to Rome. Under the leadership of Consul Spurius Carvilius Maximus, Taranto became an allied city of Rome. After the defeat of 272 BC, it experienced a great period of prosperity which lasted until the Second Punic War (221-202 BC).
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