bgr_391728 - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MEGARIS - MEGARA Hemidrachme

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Type : Hemidrachme

Date: c. 167-146 AC

Mint name / Town : Mégare, Mégaride

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,14 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, légèrement décentré au droit. Très belle tête de Zeus au droit. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - GC.2978 - HGCS. 4/1806

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier ; une cithare placée au-dessus.

Reverse legend : (AC)/ D-I/DO.

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MEGARIS - MEGARA

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Megara, located halfway between Athens and Corinth, controlled in the Archaic period the trade routes between the Peloponnese and central Greece and enjoyed great commercial prosperity. The city fell under the control of Athens. It recovered part of its independence after the Battle of Chaeronea. It was declared a free city by Demetrius Poliorcetes in 307 BC but quickly fell back under Macedonian rule. In 243 BC it joined the Achaean league and remained there until its dissolution in 146 BC after the capture and destruction of Corinth.