Live auction - bgr_1070304 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Live starting : Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 281-228 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,16 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée des deux côtés. Très beau portrait ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de nymphe à gauche, les cheveux retenus par un diadème et une sphendoné.
Obverse legend : EU
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval ; petit dauphin à droite sous le cavalier et une grappe de raisin devant le cheval.
Reverse legend : TA
Commentary
La tête au droit rappelle certains didrachmes de Naples frappés entre 340 et 241 avant J.-C. Au revers, c’est le cavalier et non pas Taras qui symbolise Tarente. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Vlasto n° 1028, pl. XXXIII.
The head on the obverse is reminiscent of certain Neapolitan didrachms minted between 340 and 241 BC. On the reverse, it is the horseman, not Taras, who symbolizes Tarentum. Same dies as the specimen in the Vlasto collection, no. 1028, pl. XXXIII
The head on the obverse is reminiscent of certain Neapolitan didrachms minted between 340 and 241 BC. On the reverse, it is the horseman, not Taras, who symbolizes Tarentum. Same dies as the specimen in the Vlasto collection, no. 1028, pl. XXXIII
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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