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E-auction 4-559 - bgr_228604 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité

THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité XF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 42 €
Maximum bid : 54 €
End of the sale : 15 April 2013 17:00:00
bidders : 12 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 250-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Messembria
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré sur la légende au revers. Beau portrait. Revers lisible. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 38, n° 90

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna Promachos debout à gauche, casquée, vêtue du chiton, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : META[M]/BRIANW[N].
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).

Commentary


Les seuls exemplaires signalés, ceux de la collection Stancomb décrivent au droit une tête féminine plutôt qu’une tête d’Apollon (WSC. n° 235-238, pl. X).

Historical background


THRACE - MESEMBRIA

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Messembria was an important colony of Megara, founded around 510 BC. It was located on Pont-Euxin, bordered by the Black Sea, north of Apollonia Pontica. Port Thrace, it welcomed refugees from Byzantium and Calchedonia during the Ionian revolt against Darius at the beginning of the 5th century BC. The name of the city itself means (south = meshmbria in Greek). Messembria worshiped the solar Apollo of Megara, its metropolis. The city was conquered by the Romans in 72 BC.

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