Live auction - bgr_1148352 - ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - AEGIUM Hemidrachme
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Live starting : Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 37-31 AC.
Mint name / Town : Aigion,Achaïe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Portrait de Zeus agréable. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection d’Adrien BLANCHET (1866-1957)
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Obverse legend : AIGIEWN
Obverse translation : (d’Aigion).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : (AC)/ AR/ISTO/DA/MOS
Reverse translation : (Achaïe, Aristodamos.
Historical background
ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - AEGIUM
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Aigion, city of Achaia has been known since the dawn of time. It was part of the kingdom of Agamemnon. It was one of the twelve cities of the Achaean region and was one of the meeting centers of the Achaean league after 373 BC. The coinage of the League was important there for two centuries and continued at the time. roman.
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