bgr_707284 - CAMPANIA - CALES unité
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Type : unité
Date: 268 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cales, Campanie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 6,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et complet des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête d’Athéna. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna (Minerve) à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier avec triple aigrette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CALENO.
Reverse description : Coq debout à droite ; une étoile derrière le coq.
Commentary
Notre exemplaire pourrait avoir été surfrappé sur un autre bronze comme cela arrive parfois sur des pièces de Naples.
Our example could have been overstruck on another bronze as sometimes happens on pieces from Naples
Our example could have been overstruck on another bronze as sometimes happens on pieces from Naples
Historical background
CAMPANIA - CALES
(3rd century BC)
Cales (Calvi), a few kilometers north of Capua, in the region of Caserta was the ancient city of the Aurunci and the capital of the Ausoni. It was a Latin colony of 2,500 Roman citizens established in Campania as early as 334 BC (Titus Livy VIII, 16, 13-14). It was the center of Roman domination in Campania. The city rebelled against the authority of Rome during the Second Punic War in 209 BC and was severely punished. In the following two centuries, the city played an economic role thanks to its important production of ceramics with the "caleni" vases.
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