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bgr_276764 - LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Obole

LUCANIA - METAPONTUM Obole AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 420-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métaponte, Lucanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, légèrement décentré. Très beau portrait de Koré. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Serge Boutin avril 1973

Obverse


Obverse legend : O/ NIKA.
Obverse description : Tête de Koré (Perséphone) ou de Niké (Victoria) à droite, les cheveux relevés dans un sphendone avec collier et boucles d’oreille.
Obverse legend : (Obolos.
Obverse translation : (Obole).

Reverse


Reverse legend : M-E.
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa tige ; dans le champ à gauche, terme surmonté d’une tête d’Hermès (Mercure) ithyphallique coiffé du pétase.

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire décrit dans l’ouvrage de Montenegro (n° 2467, p. 470 = Laffaille n° 45, p. 21) et que l’exemplaire de MONNAIES 49, n° 12.

Historical background


LUCANIA - METAPONTUM

(470-350 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. This coinage was struck in 334 BC, at the time of the intervention of Alexander the Molossus, brother-in-law of Alexander the Great, who was called by the Tarentines 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.

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