v49_0012 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 16)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 400.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 400.00 €
Type : Demi-unité, (PB, Æ 16)
Date: c. 275-250
AC.
Mint name / Town : Lucanie, Métaponte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un petit flan ovale parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté où tous les détails sont visibles. Représentation du revers inhabituelle. Magnifique patine marron foncé, marbrée de rouge
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de CFO (1995)
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à gauche coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trois grains de céréales posés en triangle, surmonté d’une torche croisetée.
Reverse legend : M/E
Reverse translation : (de Métaponte).
Commentary
Ce type est frappé dans le deuxième quart du IIIe siècle. Le nombre de grains pourrait très bien être un marque de valeur pour trois onces (trias). Ce type est en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type is minted in the second quarter of the 3rd century. The number of grains could very well be a value mark for three ounces (Triassic). This type is actually rarer than general literature suggests.
This type is minted in the second quarter of the 3rd century. The number of grains could very well be a value mark for three ounces (Triassic). This type is actually rarer than general literature suggests.
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(3rd century 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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