bgr_1052107 - AKARNANIA - THYRREION Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 300-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thyrrhéion, Acarnanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout, de trois-quarts de face.
Reverse legend : QUR
Reverse translation : (Thyrreion).
Historical background
AKARNANIA - THYRREION
(350-306 BC)
Thyrrheion was located east of Anactorium in the Gulf of Ambracia. Like Leucas, it was a colony of Corinthian origin and supplanted Leucas after 167 BC..
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