Live auction - bgr_1148286 - ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA) Hemidrachme
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Live starting : Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 35-31 AC.
Mint name / Town : Patras, Achaïe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Aphrodite. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection d’Adrien BLANCHET (1866-1957)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Aphrodite à droite, coiffée du stéphané.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier ; au-dessous.
Reverse legend : (AC)/ DA/MASIAS
Reverse translation : (Achaïe/ Damasias).
Commentary
Le magistrat Damacias est le fils d’Agisalaos.
The magistrate Damacias is the son of Agisalaos
The magistrate Damacias is the son of Agisalaos
Historical background
ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Patras was the main port of Achaia. Very old city, it sided with Athens during the Peloponnesian War. It was then under the control of the Macedonians. The city was destroyed in 146 BC Free city under Augustus, it welcomed the veterans of the Xth and XIIth legions and took the name of Colonia Augusta Achaia Patrensis.
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