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bgr_673523 - CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole

CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 250-235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Athéna. Revers très légèrement décentré. Jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
V.1434  - Côte-  - ANS.1466  - MIAMG.1803 (R) (350€) - HN. Italy1065  - SNG. France 6./2131
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Hirsch de mai 1991

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Héraklès debout à gauche, enjambant et combattant le lion de Némée et brandissant sa massue de la main droite au-dessus de sa tête ; petite chouette sous le poitrail du lion.
Reverse legend : [TARAN].
Reverse translation : (des Tarentins).

Commentary

Poids très léger. L’inscription est normalement hors champ au revers.

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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