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bgr_907107 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme AU
600.00 €(Approx. 642.00$ | 516.00£)
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Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 272 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,32 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse description : Cavalier galopant à gauche, casqué, armé d'une double javeline et d'un bouclier orné d'un astre.
Obverse legend : IW/ APOLLW.
Obverse translation : (Apollon).

Reverse


Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant une grappe de raisin de la main droite et une quenouille de la gauche ; derrière Taras, un épi sur sa tige.
Reverse legend : ANQ/ TARAS.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).

Historical background


CALABRIA - TARAS

(281-272 BC)

Pyrrhus strategos, King of Epirus

After the "victory" at Ascoli in 279 BC, Pyrrhus, who failed to secure a decisive victory over the Romans, became angry with his Greek and Syracusan allies and was finally defeated at Benevento in 275 BC. J.-C. He retired to Epirus where he was quickly assassinated.

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