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Live auction - bgr_688151 - AKARNANIA - THYRREION Statère

AKARNANIA - THYRREION Statère XF
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Estimate : 550 €
Price : 520 €
Maximum bid : 700 €
End of the sale : 25 January 2022 14:07:46
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Statère
Date: c. 320-280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thyrrhéion, Acarnanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier et éclaté à 11 heures au droit bien centré à l’usure régulière bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de médaillier avec des reflets gris dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Obverse legend : Q.
Obverse translation : (Thyrreion).

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière une boucle d'oreille.
Reverse legend : Q-U.
Reverse translation : (Thyrreion).

Commentary


C’est l’un des types les plus courants pour la cité acarnanienne. Cependant, il existe plusieurs variétés de boucles d’oreille.

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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