bgr_718528 - THESSALY - LAMIA Chalque

150.00 €(Approx. 160.50$ | 129.00£)

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Type : Chalque

Date: 370-3552 AC.

Mint name / Town : Lamia, Thessalie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 12,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,04 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers ainsi qu’un portrait agréable. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

GC.- - HGCS. 4/106 - Cop.87 - P.- - SB.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque corinthien.

Reverse

Reverse description : Amphore surmontée d’une feuille de vigne ; dans le Philoctète nu debout à droite, tirant à l’arc sur un oiseau.

Reverse legend : MALIEWN.

Reverse translation : (de Lamia).

Commentary

Le monnayage de Lamia reste rare et méconnu. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

THESSALY - LAMIA

(4th century BC)

Lamia, located on the Achelous River at the bottom of the Lamiaque Gulf (Malian) was the city of the Malians. Its scarce coinage runs over the 4th century BC and stops when Thessaly enters the Macedonian orbit.

THESSALY - LAMIA obole AU/XF

280.00 €

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THESSALY - LAMIA Chalque VF/AU

200.00 €

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THESSALY - LAMIA Hemidrachme XF

750.00 €

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bgr_718528 - THESSALY - LAMIA Chalque

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

THESSALY - LAMIA

(4th century BC)

Lamia, located on the Achelous River at the bottom of the Lamiaque Gulf (Malian) was the city of the Malians. Its scarce coinage runs over the 4th century BC and stops when Thessaly enters the Macedonian orbit.

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