bgr_482158 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Price : 320.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 6,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de l’INTERNET AUCTION 1007 (bgr_386607)
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : SU/ LUKI/NOS
Obverse translation : (Likinos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, brandissant un trident de la main droite, le bras gauche tendu ; dans le champ à droite, une petite chouette debout à gauche.
Reverse legend : TA-RAS
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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