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bgr_638695 - LUCANIA - THOURIOI Triobole

LUCANIA - THOURIOI Triobole VF/VF
125.00 €(Approx. 135.00$ | 107.50£)
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Type : Triobole
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thurium, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à triple aigrette orné d’un griffon galopant à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite, tête baissée ; un symbole à l’exergue à droite.
Reverse translation : (de Thurium).

Commentary


Poids léger.

Historical background


LUCANIA - THOURIOI

(350-281 BC)

Thurium whose name would be derived from a fountain named Thuria, the new Sybaris, was founded in 443 BC on the site of the ancient Sybaris, destroyed in 510 BC by the Crotoniates. It was a Pan-Hellenic Athenian colony, initially populated by Messenians, driven out by the Spartans. Its silver coinage was very important. Around 390 BC, the Lucanians inflicted a serious defeat on the inhabitants of Thurium (Diodorus of Sicily XIV, 101) which did not affect the prosperity of the city. The city fell to the Brettians in 268 BC. It was refounded in 194 BC under the name of Copia by the Romans. At the end of the Republic, again, the name of Thurium is attested. Octave-Auguste was born in Thurium on September 23, 63 BC.

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