v49_0010 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Obole, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 680.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 750.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 680.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 750.00 €
Type : Obole, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: c. 420-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Métaponte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 10,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait empreint de grâce. Représentation inhabituelle au revers. Magnifique patine vert olive
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Richelieu Numismatique (1995)
Obverse
Obverse legend : O/ [NIKA].
Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) ou de Niké (Victoria) à droite, les cheveux relevés dans un sphendone avec collier et boucles d’oreille.
Obverse legend : (Obolos
Obverse translation : (Obole).
Reverse
Reverse legend : M-E.
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige ; dans le champ à gauche, terme surmonté d’une tête d’Hermès (Mercure) ithyphallique coiffé du pétase.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire décrit dans l’ouvrage de Montenegro (n° 2467, p. 470 = Laffaille n° 45, p. 21). Notre exemplaire présente un début de cassure de coin derrière la tête qui est aussi visible sur l’exemplaire de la collection Laffaille.
Same corners as the copy described in Montenegro's work (no. 2467, p. 470 = Laffaille no. 45, p. 21). Our copy has the beginnings of a die break behind the head, which is also visible on the copy in the Laffaille collection.
Same corners as the copy described in Montenegro's work (no. 2467, p. 470 = Laffaille no. 45, p. 21). Our copy has the beginnings of a die break behind the head, which is also visible on the copy in the Laffaille collection.
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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