bgr_745749 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Price : 1 300.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 272-235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan court, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers de toute beauté. Patine grise de collection avec des reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à droite, couronné par une Nike.
Obverse legend : ARISTEID-AS
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un épi de blé de la main droite et un trident de la main gauche ; à droite, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : TARAS / (HRA)
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
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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