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bgr_696012 - MACEDONIA - LETE Huitième de statère ou trihemiobole

MACEDONIA - LETE Huitième de statère ou trihemiobole AU
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Type : Huitième de statère ou trihemiobole
Date: c. 500-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lete, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 1,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré. Satyre bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
ANS.970  - AMNG. 1/-  - BMC.29 var. - GC.1302 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Satyre nu, barbu, les cheveux longs accroupi à droite .

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.

Commentary

L’attribution à Lete en Macédoine est possible, mais pas certaine. J.-N. Svoronos attribuait ces monnaies aux Sirinopéoniens.

Historical background

MACEDONIA - LETE

(6th - 5th century BC).

Lete was in the territory of the Amphaxitis above Therma (Thessalonica), but the city was unimportant in ancient times and it is doubtful that it could have minted. However the city was placed on the strategic road which linked Pangea to the mines of the hinterland..

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