Live auction - bgr_1016762 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Live starting : Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 7,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan court, centré. Très beau portrait. Revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Leukippos coiffé d’un casque corinthien à droite ; derrière, une tête de lion à droite.
Obverse legend : LEUKIPPOS / S
Obverse translation : (Leukippos).
Reverse
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige ; à droite, une massue.
Reverse legend : META / AMI
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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