v11_0008 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 137.20 €
Estimate : 259.16 €
Realised price : 137.20 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 0.00 €
Starting price : 137.20 €
Estimate : 259.16 €
Realised price : 137.20 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 0.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Calabre, Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un petit flan, mais néanmoins complet. Légèrement tréflé sur la légende au droit. Bel aspect au revers avec une petite faiblesse de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu au pas à gauche, couronnant son cheval.
Obverse legend : DI/ FILO/TAS
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, tenant un canthare de la main droite et une quenouille de la main gauche ; derrière Taras, coq tourné à gauche.
Reverse legend : TARAS
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires décrits par Vlasto (V. 847 et 848) et que celui de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1177).
Same obverse die as the examples described by Vlasto (V. 847 and 848) and that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1177)
Same obverse die as the examples described by Vlasto (V. 847 and 848) and that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 1177)
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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