bgr_1098851 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Price : 480.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 280-270 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 7,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Frappe brouillée à certains endroits. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier galopant à gauche, tenant un bouclier.
Obverse legend : S
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche et tenant une couronne.
Reverse legend : LU / TARAS
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(281-272 BC)
Pyrrhus Strategos, King of Epirus
Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhic victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more.
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