v49_0018 - LUCANIA - PAESTUM Sextans, (PB, Æ 18)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sextans, (PB, Æ 18)
Date: c. 218-201 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Pæstum
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 11e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Cérès avec une usure superficielle. Revers bien venu à la frappe avec un sanglier détaillé. Très jolie patine vert olive clair
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Argenor (2000)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Déméter (Cérès) à droite avec les cheveux longs tombant sur le cou ; derrière, deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse description : Sanglier bondissant à droite ; au-dessous, un croisant retourné et eux globules.
Reverse legend : PAIS
Reverse translation : (Paestum).
Commentary
Ce sextans appartient à la série au croissant qui comprend aussi un triens et un quadrans en plus du sextans.
This sextans belongs to the crescent series which also includes a triens and a quadrans in addition to the sextans
This sextans belongs to the crescent series which also includes a triens and a quadrans in addition to the sextans
Historical background
LUCANIA - PAESTUM
(268-44 BC)
The Lucanians captured Poseidonia around 400 BC and altered the name to Paistom. The Romans succeeded in removing the city from its Lucanian influence and refounded it under the name of Pæstum in 273 BC, giving it Latin law. Pæstum was a faithful ally of Rome during the two Punic Wars (268-241 AC) and (221-202 AC). The city helped the Romans when Taranto was besieged by Hannibal. The city had received the right to mint bronze coinage and retained it until the beginning of the empire. It was famous for its temples of Poseidon and Hera.
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