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bgr_637567 - CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole

CALABRIA - TARAS Diobole VF/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 280-228 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna (Minerve) à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier orné d’un skylla (monstre marin).

Reverse


Reverse description : Héraklès (Hercule) debout à droite, étranglant le lion de Némée; massue dans le champ à gauche, posée verticalement ; lettre entre les jambes d’Héraklès.
Reverse legend : [TAR].

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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