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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 281-228 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 6,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, légèrement éclaté à 11 heures au droit. Très beau portrait de nymphe à l’usure régulière. Joli revers inhabituel. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de nymphe à gauche, les cheveux retenus par un diadème et une sphendoné.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval ; petit dauphin à droite sous le cavalier ; une corne d’abondance derrière le cavalier.
Reverse legend : TA
Commentary
La tête au droit rappelle certains didrachmes de Naples frappés entre 340 et 241 avant J.-C. Au revers, c’est le cavalier et non pas Taras qui symbolise Tarente.
The head on the obverse recalls certain didrachms from Naples struck between 340 and 241 BC. On the reverse, it is the rider and not Taras who symbolizes Tarentum.
The head on the obverse recalls certain didrachms from Naples struck between 340 and 241 BC. On the reverse, it is the rider and not Taras who symbolizes Tarentum.
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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