bgr_828298 - ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA) Hemidrachme
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 196-168 AC
Mint name / Town : Achaïe, Patras
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,50 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, légèrement décentré. Joli portrait de Zeus. Revers agréable. 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 ; sous le monogramme, un petit dauphin tourné à droite.
Reverse legend : FI// XE - PA
Commentary
Le monnayage de Patras au sein de la ligue achéenne semble avoir été peu abondant .
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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