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v59_0152 - CYRENAICA - BARCA Hemidrachme

CYRENAICA - BARCA Hemidrachme VF
MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 480.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 460-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Barcé, Cyrénaïque
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier à l’usure importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Plant de silphium massif au droit. Belle tête de Zeus-Ammon. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets métalliques
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 2012 et provient de la collection du docteur Thierry de Craeker

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : plant de silphium.

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête barbue et cornue de Zeus Ammon à droite dans un grènetis perlé carré ; légende extérieure ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : B-A/R-K.
Reverse translation : (Barcé).

Commentary


Seules les lettres entourant le grènetis extérieur permettent d’attribuer cette pièce à Barcé.

Historical background


CYRENAICA - BARCA

(5th - 4th century BC)

The town of Barcé was founded around 560 BC by settlers from Cyrene. Located at the foot of the mountains, on the edge of a torrent and far from the sea, it was also far from its metropolis. The vast majority of its population was indigenous of Libyan origin. It was supplanted in the Lagide period by Ptolemais, located by the sea which became the most important city of western Cyrenaica.

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