v18_0007 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos ou didrachme
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 1 800.00 €
Estimate : 3 200.00 €
Realised price : 3 300.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 3 333.00 €
Starting price : 1 800.00 €
Estimate : 3 200.00 €
Realised price : 3 300.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 3 333.00 €
Type : Nomos ou didrachme
Date: c. 530-510 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Weight : 8,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage de très joli style où les grains de l’épi sont bien visibles. Patine grise épaisse pour cet exemplaire au pedigree prestigieux
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Bement, Ars Classica V, Naville, 28 janvier 1924, n° 152 et d’après son étiquette est décrit comme provenant de la collection Claudius Cote à Lyon (n° 1)
Obverse
Obverse legend : MET À GAUCHE.
Obverse description : Épi de blé de haut relief avec huit grains.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MET EN RELIEF.
Reverse description : Incus.
Commentary
Ce type présente un tréflage sur le T de MET ce qui donne l’impression qu’il y a un doublement de la lettre. Au revers, la légende est en relief. Mêmes coins que les exemplaires décrits dans l’ouvrage de S. P. Noe, The Coinage of Metapontum, part 1 and 2, New York 1984, pl. 1, n° 8 (cet exemplaire photographié).
This type has a plaiting on the T of MET, which gives the impression of a doubling of the letter. On the reverse, the legend is in relief. Same dies as the examples described in SP Noe's book, The Coinage of Metapontum, part 1 and 2, New York 1984, pl. 1, no. 8 (this example photographed)
This type has a plaiting on the T of MET, which gives the impression of a doubling of the letter. On the reverse, the legend is in relief. Same dies as the examples described in SP Noe's book, The Coinage of Metapontum, part 1 and 2, New York 1984, pl. 1, no. 8 (this example photographed)
Historical background
LUCANIA - METAPONTUM
(530-490 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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