v43_0138 - ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Hemidrachme
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 165.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 430.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 923.00 €
Starting price : 165.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 430.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 923.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 500-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cranion
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit. Très beau revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bélier passant à gauche.
Obverse legend : KRANI
Obverse translation : (Kranion).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Arc posé verticalement dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Type inhabituel archaïque.
Unusual archaic type
Unusual archaic type
Historical background
ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION
(5th century BC)
The island of Cephallenia was located on the coast of Elis, located in the Ionian Sea about twenty kilometers north of Zacynthos. The island was shared between four city-states: Cranion, Palé, Pronni and Samé (Samos). Cranion was located in the western part of the island, facing Italy.
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