bgr_534319 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Joli droit. Revers de style fin, le coq peu visible. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XI, n° 8
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : DI/ FILO/TAS
Obverse translation : (Philotas).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite et une quenouille de la main gauche ; derrière Taras, un coq tourné à gauche.
Reverse legend : TARAS
Reverse translation : (de Tarente).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires décrits par Vlasto (V. 847 et 848) et que celui de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1177).
Same obverse die as the examples described by Vlasto (V. 847 and 848) and that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1177)
Same obverse die as the examples described by Vlasto (V. 847 and 848) and that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1177)
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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