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v34_0014 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Di-nomos, distatère ou tétradrachme

LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Di-nomos, distatère ou tétradrachme AU/XF
AU/XF
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 1 100.00 €
Estimate : 2 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Di-nomos, distatère ou tétradrachme
Date: c. 330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,75 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale irrégulier, un peu court très épais, relativement bien centré des deux côtés. Patine de collection ancienne. Joli revers de style fin
Catalogue references :
JohnstonB1 /2 - ANS.431  - MIAMG.2194 (R3) (3500€) - GC.414 (1000£) - HN. Italy1574  - Jameson306  - P.182
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de Richelieu Numismatique, 5 mars 1996 (7.500 FF)

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête barbue et casquée de Leucippe à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien, orné d’un quadrige sur le haut du casque et d’un monstre marin sur le couvre nuque ; derrière, protomé de lion, tourné à droite.
Obverse legend : APH.

Reverse

Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige, à gauche et au-dessus, une massue.
Reverse legend : METAPONTINWN/ [A]MI.
Reverse translation : (Des Métapontains).

Commentary

Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Jameson n° 306 et que celui de la collection Pozzi, n° 182.

Historical background

LUCANIA - METAPONTUM

(340-281 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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