Summary
Coin issued by Cales, Campania, Italy, Ancient Greek States, circa 250 BC
Minted by Cales
Obverse Description
Head of the Greek goddess Pallas Athena facing left wearing a crested Corinthian helmet.
Reverse Description
Cock standing to right with CALENO in front. Part of a star just on flan behind cock.
Edge Description
Plain
Significance
Cales (modern Calvi) was the site of a Roman Latin Colony from 334 BC. Occupied by the Aurunci, a group from the Latium-Campania border region of Italy, it was apparently part of the area conquered by Rome circa 313 BC after which Cales became the centre of Roman rule in Campania. Cales became an important Roman base during the second Punic war, though like many Italian cities it lost faith in Roman victory briefly in 209 BC.
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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 250 BC
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Issued By
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Previous Collection
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Previous Collection
Eugene von Guerard, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pre 1880
Purchased from Sanders of Geelong, pre 1880. Coin was found in an NGV safe during McArthur Bequest incorporation, about 1904. Catalogue Vol.1, p.6. -
Material
Copper
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Axis
06
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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
18 mm (Outside Diameter), 6.641 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
cf BMC. Italy p.80 No.26 but no border of dots cf SNG. ANS. Part 1 No. 188 and Plate 5 Oxford Classical Dictionary entries for Aurunci and Cales. Crawford, M. Roman Republican Coinage Vol.1 p. 137
[Book] Poole, Reginald S. 1873. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Italy., 80 Pages
[Catalogue] Pullin, Ruth. 2011. Nature Revealed: Eugene von Guerard.
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