bgr_326064 - LUCANIA - THOURIOI Quadrans
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Quadrans
Date: c. 280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thurium, Lucanie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Apollon. Très joli revers de style fin. Jolie patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon laurée à gauche avec les mèches de cheveux tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse legend : (AR)
Reverse
Reverse description : Corne d’abondance (cornucopiæ).
Reverse legend : QOU/ FI/ SW
Reverse translation : (de Thurium).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Notre exemplaire est très proche de celui de la collection Laffaille.
Historical background
LUCANIA - THOURIOI
(350-281 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. The city fell to the Brettians in 268 BC. 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 in Thurium on September 23, 63 BC.
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