bgr_994816 - LUCANIA - THOURIOI Nomos, statère ou didrachme
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Price : 780.00 €
Type : Nomos, statère ou didrachme
Date: c. 410-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thurium, Lucanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 7,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très beau portrait d’Athéna, bien venu à la frappe. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à triple aigrette orné du skylla.
Obverse legend : F
Reverse
Reverse description : Taureau passant à gauche ; une colombe prenant son envol à gauche entre les pattes ; à l'exergue, un thon à droite.
Reverse legend : QOURIWN
Reverse translation : (de Thurium).
Commentary
Ce type se rencontre dans le trésor de Carosino (IGCH 1928) enfoui c. 334-330 avant J.-C. Dans une publication en 1949 (”Masterpieces of Greek Coinage), Charles Seltman explique que l’artiste, Phrygillos, a signé trois fois sa monnaie : le Phi devant le portrait d’Athéna, celui sur la croupe du taureau et le pinson, Phrygillos en grec.
This type is found in the Carosino treasure (IGCH 1928) buried c. 334-330 BC In a publication in 1949 (“Masterpieces of Greek Coinage), Charles Seltman explains that the artist, Phrygillos, signed his coinage three times: the Phi in front of the portrait of Athena, the one on the bull's rump and the finch, Phrygillos in Greek
This type is found in the Carosino treasure (IGCH 1928) buried c. 334-330 BC In a publication in 1949 (“Masterpieces of Greek Coinage), Charles Seltman explains that the artist, Phrygillos, signed his coinage three times: the Phi in front of the portrait of Athena, the one on the bull's rump and the finch, Phrygillos in Greek
Historical background
LUCANIA - THOURIOI
(5th - 4th century BC)
Thurium whose name would be derived from a fountain named Thuria, the new Sybaris, was founded in 443 BC on the site of the ancient Sybaris, destroyed in 510 BC by the Crotoniates. It was a Pan-Hellenic Athenian colony, initially populated by Messenians, driven out by the Spartans. Its silver coinage was very important. Around 390 BC, the Lucanians inflicted a serious defeat on the inhabitants of Thurium (Diodorus of Sicily XIV, 101) which did not affect the prosperity of the city. It fell under the thumb of the Brettiens in 268 before. It was refounded in 194 BC under the name of Copia by the Romans. At the end of the Republic, again, the name of Thurium is attested. Octave-Auguste was born there on September 23, 63 BC.
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