v19_0014 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos, statère ou didrachme
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
Realised price : 1 123.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 1 183.00 €
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
Realised price : 1 123.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 1 183.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 530-510 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Weight : 7,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet. A été nettoyé anciennement. Usure régulière avec une petite faiblesse de frappe sur les grains les plus en relief. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MET À GAUCHE.
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec huit grains par rangée.
Reverse
Reverse description : Incus.
Commentary
Même coin que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS n° 166) avec la petite protubérance sur le septième grain de droite (coin bouché), caractéristique. L’ethnique n’est absolument pas visible au revers.
Same die as the American Numismatic Society specimen (ANS No. 166) with the characteristic small protuberance on the seventh grain from the right (plugged die). The ethnicity is absolutely not visible on the reverse.
Same die as the American Numismatic Society specimen (ANS No. 166) with the characteristic small protuberance on the seventh grain from the right (plugged die). The ethnicity is absolutely not visible on the reverse.
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(530-490 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. Metaponte took part in the Pan-Hellenic foundation of Thurium in 443 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, she supported Athens against Syracuse. During the war between Rome and Pyrrhus, she sided with the latter. Finally, during the Second Punic War (221-201 BC). It favored Hannibal who established his headquarters there in 210 BC after the loss of Capua. It definitely lost its independence after 201 BC..
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