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Live auction - bgr_750231 - CALABRIA - TARAS Drachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Drachme XF/AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 150 €
Maximum bid : 300 €
End of the sale : 25 October 2022 14:01:17
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 281-276 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré des deux côtés. Très jolie chouette au revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à triple aigrette orné du skylla.

Reverse


Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite ; devant une branche d’olivier.
Reverse legend : TAR.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).

Historical background


CALABRIA - TARAS

(302-281 BC)

Between the departure of Kleonymos from Sparta in 302 BC and the arrival of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus twenty years later, the history of Taranto and its territory remains poorly known with many areas historical and monetary shadows. The intervention of the Epirote monarch was to mark the beginning of the decline of the Tarentine city..

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