Summary
A Semis from the town of Brundisium in Calabria, Italy, circa 200 BC
Mint not recorded
Obverse Description
Head of Poseidon facing right laureate; behind (difficult to see) Nike flying above a trident. Below a letter S on its side (the denomination mark - Semis)
Reverse Description
Taras seated on dolphin swimming to left. He holds Nike in his right hand and a lyre in his left. Behind the denomination mark S and below (partly illegible) BRVN.
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
"The other coinage which stands out is the coinage of the harbour town and Latin colony of Brundisium, produced on an enormouse scale. Purely Roman in character ... It is reasonable to suppose that the entire coinage is to be related to Roman naval activity in Greece in connection with the First Macedonian War and, perhaps, with the Second Macedonian War and the war against Antiochus III" (Crawford, Coinage and Money under the Roman Republic, p.66)
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 15 Mar 1976
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Date Issued
circa 200 BC
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Issued By
Brundisium, Calabria, Italy, Ancient Greek States, circa 200 BC
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Previous Collection
Eugene von Guerard, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pre 1880
Eugene von Guerard's collection was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1880. -
Denomination
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Material
Copper
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Axis
3
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
22 mm (Outside Diameter), 7.607 g (Weight)
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Shape
Ovoid
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References
BMC. Italy p. 155 No. 10 SNG ANS Part 1 Nos. 783 - 791
[Book] Poole, Reginald S. 1873. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Italy., 155 Pages
[Book] Crawford, Michael H. 1985. Coinage & Money under the Roman Republic., 66, 69-70 Pages
[Catalogue] Pullin, Ruth. 2011. Nature Revealed: Eugene von Guerard.
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Keywords
Children, Dolphins, Lyres, Musical Instruments, Stringed Instruments
