Live auction - fme_1055077 - CALABRIA - TARAS Médaille, Reproduction du demi-statère de Tarente
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 50 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 August 2025 17:48:24 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Reproduction du demi-statère de Tarente
Date: (333-331 avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,84 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : 800
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier. Jolie patine hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les reliefs
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête diadémée avec collier et boucle d’oreille, de profil à droite, de Héra. Dauphin dans le champ. Initiales et titrage : G. A. S. 800.
Obverse legend : ΤΑΡΑΣ
Reverse
Reverse legend : APO[L] .
Reverse description : Jeune cavalier à cheval, de profil à droite. Foudre dans le champ droit.
Reverse legend : APOL
Commentary
Cette petite médaille reproduit le statère ou demi-statère de Tarente, connu en or, émis au temps d’Alexandre le Molosse (vers 334-330 avant J.-C.).
This small medal reproduces the stater or half-stater of Tarentum, known in gold, issued at the time of Alexander the Molossian (circa 334-330 BC).
This small medal reproduces the stater or half-stater of Tarentum, known in gold, issued at the time of Alexander the Molossian (circa 334-330 BC).
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(334-330 BC)
Alexander II the Molossian strategist, king of Epirus
The death of Archidamos, king of Sparta, in 338 BC at Mandurias, beaten by the Messapians and the Lucanians, forced the Tarentines to find a new ally to contain their turbulent neighbors. They appealed to Alexander the Molossian, king of Epirus and brother-in-law of Alexander III the Great of Macedonia. Arriving in southern Italy, Alexander the Molossus had to fight against the southern Italian tribes of Lucania and Apulia, eager to build a kingdom in Magna Graecia..
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