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bgr_275642 - EPIRUS - AMBRACIA Unité

EPIRUS - AMBRACIA Unité XF/VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 238-168 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ambracie, Épire
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais bien centré. Belle tête d’Apollon au droit. Frappe faible sur la légende au revers avec une usure plus importante. Patine verte granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Weil de juillet 1985

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse


Reverse legend : [A]-M/[B]-P.
Reverse description : Apollon nu marchant à droite, tenant un arc de la main droite et tirant une flèche de la main gauche de son carquois.
Reverse translation : (Ambracie).

Historical background


EPIRUS - AMBRACIA

(238-168 BC)

The city was situated on a promontory at the bottom of the Gulf of Ambracia on the left bank of the Arachtus, 80 stadia from the coast (14 kms). The city was colonized by the Corinthians around 660 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, the Ambraciotes were faithful allies of the Corinthians and Lacedaemonians. She fought effectively against the Acarnanians. Following the intervention of Athens in the region under the leadership of Phormion, Ambracia concludes a perpetual peace with Argos and Leucas. Ambracia sent reinforcements to Syracuse during the Athenian landing in Sicily in 415 BC. Under Pyrrhus it was the capital of the kingdom of Epirus.

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