Live auction - bgr_894370 - THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - IMBROS Dénomination D

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Estimate :	180 €
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End of the sale :	09 April 2024 14:11:39

Type : Dénomination D

Date: c. 276-167 AC.

Mint name / Town : Imbros, Thrace

Metal : copper

Diameter : 13 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,33 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

GC.1734 - BMC.1 - HGCS. 6/277 - Cop.952

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête féminine à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Hermès Imbramos ithyphallique nu debout à droite, tenant une palme de la main droite et une phiale de la main gauche au-dessus d’un thymiaterion.

Reverse legend : IMBROU.

Reverse translation : (d’Imbros).

Historical background

THRACE - THRACIAN ISLANDS - IMBROS

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Placed at the entrance of the Hellespont, the island of Imbros, inhabited by a tribe of Thracian origin, the Pelasgians was conquered by Darius I in 513 BC. Taken by the Athenian Miltiades around 500 BC. BC During the First Persian War, the island was again occupied by the Persians, but liberated after the battle of Mycales (49 AC.). It was part of the league of Delos until the fall of the Athenian Empire. It regained its freedom under Spartan hegemony before falling back under the control of Athens in 392 BC. It then passed into the hands of the Diadochi and the Epigones. After 168 BC and the Macedonian defeat, the Romans returned it to Athens.