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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 86 AC.
Mint name / Town : Patras, Achaïe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait ainsi qu’un revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier ; au-dessous, sous le monogramme, un petit dauphin à droite.
Reverse legend : (AC)/ EU/ A-PA
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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