bgr_277025 - ATTICA - ATHENS Chalque

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Price : 125.00 €

Type : Chalque

Date: c. 127-126 AC.

Mint name / Town : Athènes Attique

Metal : copper

Diameter : 10,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,37 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier. Joli droit. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC.621 - Sv.- - NSSCA.-

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Münzzentrum d’avril 1989

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Cigale.

Reverse

Reverse description : Vase et branche.

Reverse legend : A/Q-E.

Reverse translation : (d’Athènes).

Commentary

Divisionnaire tout à fait inhabituelle. Attribué dans le British Museum Coins à Lysan/Glaukos (Flament, op. cit., p. 151, n° 38) frappé en 127-126 avant J.-C..

Historical background

ATTICA - ATHENS

(3rd - 1st century BC)

Athens after the death of Alexander the Great tried to regain its independence. The Athenians were defeated at Crannon in 322 BC. Demosthenes committed suicide so as not to be delivered to Antipater. After this date, Athens only survived thanks to its past prestige. Cassander captured Athens in 317 BC and established an oligarchic regime. She followed the fate of Macedonia until the defeat of Perseus in 168 BC. During the war against Mithridates, Sulla besieged the city which surrendered in 86 BC..

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bgr_277025 - ATTICA - ATHENS Chalque

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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ATTICA - ATHENS

(3rd - 1st century BC)

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