bgr_463539 - MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: 357-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Philippes, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Revers bien détaillé. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à gauche coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied ; dans le champ à gauche, une torche de course allumée.
Reverse legend : FILIPPWN
Reverse translation : (de Philippes).
Commentary
Poids léger. La torche de course au revers n’est pas sans rappeler le monnayage d’Amphipolis.
Lightweight. The racing torch on the reverse is reminiscent of the coinage of Amphipolis
Lightweight. The racing torch on the reverse is reminiscent of the coinage of Amphipolis
Historical background
MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS
(27 BC - 14 AD)
It was at Philippi that Antony and Octave faced Brutus and Cassius who died there. The colony was founded by Antoine after the battle (Antoni Iussu "Colonia Victrix Philippensis", then refounded by Octavian in 30 BC after the battle of Actium.
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