+ Filters
New Search
Filters
Available Exact wording Only in the title
E-shopLoading...
GradeLoading...
PriceLoading...

E-auction 22-6130 - bgr_239583 - CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole

CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole VF
You must signin and be an approved bidder to bid, LOGIN TO BID. Accounts are subject to approval and the approval process takes place within 48 hours. Do not wait until the day a sale closes to register. Clicking on « bid » constitutes acceptance of the terms of use of cgb.fr private e-auctions. Bids must be placed in whole Euro amounts only. The sale will start closing at the time stated on the item description; any bids received at the site after the closing time will not be executed. Transmission times may vary and bids could be rejected if you wait until the last second. For further information ckeck the E-auctions F.A.Q.

NO BUYER'S FEE.
Estimate : 65 €
Price : 22 €
Maximum bid : 22 €
End of the sale : 16 September 2013 15:00:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier à l’usure très importante, mais identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Héraklès agenouillé à droite, appuyé sur sa massue, étranglant le lion de Némée.

Commentary


Poids très léger. Notre exemplaire présente un portrait de grande qualité à l’usure régulière. Cependant, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.

Historical background


CALABRIA - TARAS

(380-345 BC)

Architas, Strategus

From 380 BC, the destinies of Taranto found themselves in the hands of Archytas of Taranto (460-360 BC), Pythagorean philosopher, friend of Plato, mathematician, astronomer, politician and general who was placed seven times at the head of his city. It is given for the inventor of the screw, the pulley, the rattle and the kite. Horace dedicated an ode to him. The pan-Hellenic foundation of Thurium in 443 BC had given rise to a conflict which was to oppose Taranto to Athens for more than thirty years. The two rival cities had ended up founding Héraclée, nevertheless under Tarentine influence. The Tarentines ended up imposing themselves on the towns of Métaponte and Siris. Archytas, in the first half of the fourth century BC, became the strategist of the Italiote confederation whose capital was Heraclea and which included, in addition to Tarentum, Metaponto and Thurium, Crotona, Velia and Naples. This period of Tarentine hegemony ended with the death of Archytas and was the starting point for the interventions of mercenary generals such as Archidamos of Sparta, Alexander the Molossus or Pyrrhus of Epirus..

cgb.fr uses cookies to guarantee a better user experience and to carry out statistics of visits.
To remove the banner, you must accept or refuse their use by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

x
Voulez-vous visiter notre site en Français https://www.cgb.fr