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bgr_681237 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme

CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou didrachme AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 250-235 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 6,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré, éclaté à 9h. Très beau cavalier. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse description : Cavalier nu, galopant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale de la main droite, un bouclier et deux autres javelines de la main gauche.
Obverse legend : DI/ ARI-STO/KL-HS.
Obverse translation : (Aristoclès).

Reverse


Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite et un trident de la main gauche ; derrière à droite, une tête de nymphe.
Reverse legend : TARAS.
Reverse translation : (Tarente).

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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