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bgr_424289 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos ou Didrachme

LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos ou Didrachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 900.00 €
Type : Nomos ou Didrachme
Date: c. 330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier et légèrement éclaté. Belle tête de Leucippe. Légèrement décentré sur l’épi. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Hirsch 304 et de la collection B. Odaert

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête barbue et casquée de Leucippe à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière, légende.
Obverse legend : AMI.

Reverse


Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige à droite.
Reverse legend : META.

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. It played an important role until the end of the Punic Wars. Metaponte took part in the Pan-Hellenic foundation of Thurium in 443 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, she supported Athens against Syracuse. Alexander the Molossian, brother-in-law of Alexander the Great was called by the Tarentines in 334 BC to fight against the tribes of southern Italy. Alexander establishes a workshop in Métaponte. He died at the battle of Pandosia in 330 BC, fighting against the Lucanians and the Bruttians. 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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