bgr_401866 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos ou statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Nomos ou statère
Date: c. 281-272 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et rrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu passant à droite, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : IW/ NEU/MH
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un casque de la main droite, accosté de deux astres symbolisant les Dioscures.
Reverse legend : TARAS/ POLU
Commentary
Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1111).
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(281-272 BC)
Pyrrhus Strategos, King of Epirus
Following the arrival of Pyrrhus in Italy, in 281 BC, the consul L. Aemilius Barbula devastated the territory of the Tarentines after the destruction of a Roman squadron in the Gulf of Taranto. Pyrrhus, thanks to his elephants and to everyone's surprise, won the indecisive battle of Heraclea in 279 BC, hence the expression "Pyrrhic victory" which is equivalent to a victory which leaves the winner so exhausted that a defeat would not have weakened him more.
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