v28_0002 - CALABRIA - TARAS Litra

MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 220.00 €

Type : Litra

Date: c. 500-473 AC.

Mint name / Town : Tarente

Metal : silver

Diameter : 8,5 mm

Weight : 0,71 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure régulière finement patinée

Catalogue references :

V.1108 - BMC.56 - ANS.1329 - MIAMG.1668 (250€) - GC.228 - HN. Italy835 - Côte7

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Pétoncle et grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons entretoisée sur la jante avec moyeu central.

Commentary

Notre type est anépigraphe. Le pétoncle est composé de sept peignes (pecten) inclus dans un grènetis extérieur.
Our type is anepigraphic. The scallop is composed of seven combs (pecten) included in an external graining

Historical background

CALABRIA - TARAS

(5th century BC)

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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CALABRIA - TARAS Litra XF

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