bgr_1021386 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Diobole
280.00 €(Approx. 316.40$ | 238.00£)
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Type : Diobole
Date: c. 470-440 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ME À DROITE.
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec quatre grains par rangée.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grain d’orge incus.
Reverse legend : Q - Q
Commentary
Type très particulier rarement rencontré dans le monnayage grec.
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(470-350 BC)
Metaponte, an Achaean colony located in the Gulf of Taranto, is said to have been founded in 773 BC. First allied with the Sybarites and the Crotoniates, it then took possession of the territories of Siris. After the destruction of Sybaris by Crotone in 510 BC, the city welcomed Pythagoras. It played an important role until the end of the Punic Wars. This coinage was struck in 334 BC, at the time of the intervention of Alexander the Molossus, brother-in-law of Alexander the Great, who was called by the Tarentines to fight against the tribes of southern Italy . Alexander establishes a workshop in Métaponte. He died at the Battle of Pandosia in 330 BC fighting against the Lucanians and the Bruttians.
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