v43_0138 - ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Hemidrachme

ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Hemidrachme XF

MONNAIES 43 (2010)
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 :

BMC.2 - GC.2669 - B. traité1272 pl. 39/19 - P.1873

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.

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.

ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Trihemiobole AU

400.00 €

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ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Trihemiobole AU

450.00 €

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ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Trihemiobole XF

350.00 €

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v43_0138 - ELLIS ISLANDS - KEPHALLENIA - KRANION Hemidrachme

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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