bgr_400622 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Hemiobole
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Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 215-207
AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête de Déméter. Très joli revers. Belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca Coins et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Déméter (Cérès) à droite, coiffée d’une couronne de roseaux, les cheveux relevés avec collier et boucles d’oreille.
Reverse
Reverse description : Épi de blé ; dans le champ à droite, un insecte.
Reverse legend : META
Reverse translation : (de Métaponte).
Commentary
Ce type est en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux et doit être replacé dans le cadre de l’occupation carthaginoise d’Hannibal entre 215 et 207 avant J.-C.
This type is in fact much rarer than general works suggest and must be placed in the context of Hannibal's Carthaginian occupation between 215 and 207 BC
This type is in fact much rarer than general works suggest and must be placed in the context of Hannibal's Carthaginian occupation between 215 and 207 BC
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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