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bpv_409053 - THRACE - TOMIS Hemiassarion

THRACE - TOMIS Hemiassarion AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Hemiassarion
Date: c. 138-180
Mint name / Town : Tomis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince bien centré. Très beau buste de Tomos. Revers de style fin. Très belle patine vert olive
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé du héros Tomos à droite.
Obverse legend : TO-MOS, (Tomos).
Obverse translation : (de Tomis).

Reverse


Reverse description : Grappe de raisin sur sa pampre.
Reverse legend : TOME-TWN.
Reverse translation : (de Tomis).

Commentary


Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente.

Historical background


THRACE - TOMIS

(2nd century AD)

The city was founded at an unknown date by the Dacians. The Greeks renamed it Tomis in the 5th century BC. The city experienced a great period of prosperity between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC. Ovid, the famous Latin poet, was exiled there in 8 AD. BC and died there in 17. Imperial coinage began under Augustus and ended under Philip II.

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