bgr_452227 - BITHYNIA - KALCHEDON Hemidrachme
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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Chalcédoine, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 2,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, légèrement décentré, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise superficielle, légèrement tachée
Catalogue references :
BMC.10 - GC.3739 - WSC.15 - B. traité- - Aulock482 - Cop.348 - Delepierre- - RG.10 pl. LXV/20 - HGCS. 5/518
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse description : Vache à gauche placée sur un épi de blé tourné à droite.
Obverse legend : KAL
Obverse translation : (Chalcédoine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite en ailes de moulin granuleux.
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
BITHYNIA - KALCHEDON
(4th century BC)
Chalcedon, a Megarian colony, was founded in the 7th century BC on the Asian coast of the Propontis just opposite Byzantium. Following Cimon's campaign in Thrace, Chalcedon entered the Delian League and remained there until 413 BC. The city then came under Lacedaemonian rule. After the battle of Cnide in 394 BC, won by Conon, she opposed Sparta. After the Great King's Peace in 387 BC (Antalcidas), it came back under Persian domination before allying itself with Thebes in 364 BC. At the time of Alexander's invasion, the city remained loyal to Darius III and did not recognize Alexander until 330 BC..
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