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bgr_527693 - ARGOLIS - KLEONAI Obole

ARGOLIS - KLEONAI Obole XF
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 470-420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cleonai, Argolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré. Belle tête d’Héraklès de frappe un peu molle. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Dorotheum XII/66 et de la vente P.-F. Jacquier 39, n° 110

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à gauche, coiffée de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse legend : GRAND K.
Reverse description : Lettres dans un carré creux.

Commentary


Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection V. Brand, et BCD, LHS 96, n° 1318. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente.

Historical background


ARGOLIS - KLEONAI

(5th - 4th century BC)

Kleonai was founded by an eponymous hero. The Nemean lion terrorized the region before its eviction by Heracles. The city was famous for its military architecture and its acropolis. The Nemean games, created in 573 BC, took place in the valley of Nemea where the temple of Herakles Nemean was located. The city was often the ally or under the protection of Argos, first against Corinth, then against Sparta during various conflicts which marked the 5th and then the 4th century BC..

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