bgr_1045725 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Unité
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Price : 90.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2025)
Price : 90.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 275-212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche ; derrière la tête, une abeille.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien.
Reverse legend : TAURO/ MENITAN
Reverse translation : (Tauromenium).
Historical background
SICILY - TAUROMENIUM
(4th - 3rd century BC)
Tauromenium, located near Mount Taurus, near ancient Naxos, was a Siceliot fortress built in 396 BC. Exiled Naxians settled there in 358 BC. The city then became important. Andromache, his protector, supported Timoléon in his conquest of Sicily. The city after falling under Syracusan domination passed under the control of Rome after 212 BC to become the city of Taormina.
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