bgr_933034 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Litra

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Price : 180.00 €

Type : Litra

Date: c. 275-250 AC.

Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 5,90 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Beau portrait d’Héraklès. Frappe un peu faible. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

HGCS. 2/1579 (R1) (300$) - CNS.19 p. 218 - MSTSG.11 (R3) - MIAMG.5376 (R) (750€) - ANS.1133 - Cop.934 - GC.33 . - GC.1241 - Laffaille259

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la tainia ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Obverse legend : (EK)

Reverse

Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite ; ligne de sol ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse legend : TAU-ROMENITAN

Reverse translation : (de Tauromenium).

Commentary

Pour ce type G. Buceti a relevé quatorze exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 5,21 g et 8,08 g.

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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