bgr_293693 - ATTICA - ATHENS Dichalque
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 325-275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Athènes, Attique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante sur la tête d’Athéna. Revers avec un plat sur l’une des chouettes. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier, orné d'une palmette et d’un fleuron ornementé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Deux chouettes debout face à face ; le tout dans une couronne d’olivier.
Reverse legend : AQE
Reverse translation : (Athènes).
Commentary
Il pourrait s’agir d’un dichalque ou pièce de deux chalques comme la diobole d’argent qui présente deux chouettes au revers. L’obole est divisée en huit chalques.
It could be a dichalque or two-chalque coin like the silver diobolus which has two owls on the reverse. The obol is divided into eight chalques
It could be a dichalque or two-chalque coin like the silver diobolus which has two owls on the reverse. The obol is divided into eight chalques
Historical background
ATTICA - ATHENS
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Athens after the death of Alexander the Great tried to regain its independence. The Athenians were defeated at Crannon in 322 BC. Demosthenes committed suicide so as not to be delivered to Antipater. After this date, Athens only survived thanks to its past prestige. Cassander captured Athens in 317 BC and established an oligarchic regime. She followed the fate of Macedonia until the defeat of Perseus in 168 BC. During the war against Mithridates, Sulla besieged the city which surrendered in 86 BC..
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