v29_0002 - CALABRIA - TARAS Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 282.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 420.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 282.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 420.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, néanmoins bien centré. Sujets bien venus à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier nu, coiffé d’un casque attique à triple aigrette, galopant à droite, tenant une javeline transversale de la main droite, un bouclier de la main gauche.
Obverse legend : [Q]I/ ARIS[TOK]
Reverse
Reverse description : Taras nu, chevauchant un dauphin à gauche, vu de face, la chlamyde flottant sur les épaules, tenant un trident de la main gauche surmonté d’une petite Niké volant à droite et le couronnant ; un gouvernail couché sous le dauphin.
Reverse legend : TARAS
Commentary
Semble de même coin de revers que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS n° 1219). Comme sur les exemplaires de la collection Vlasto ou ceux de l’American Numismatic Society, les visages ne semblent pas gravés sur ce type, mais seulement suggérés.
Appears to be the same reverse die as the American Numismatic Society specimen (ANS No. 1219). As with the Vlasto Collection or American Numismatic Society specimens, the faces do not appear to be engraved on this type, but only suggested.
Appears to be the same reverse die as the American Numismatic Society specimen (ANS No. 1219). As with the Vlasto Collection or American Numismatic Society specimens, the faces do not appear to be engraved on this type, but only suggested.
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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