bgr_326035 - MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS Statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 1 950.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 1 950.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 520-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Néapolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Weight : 9,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré. Très belle représentation de la tête de Gorgone. Carré creux peu marqué. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face, grimaçant et tirant la langue, la chevelure plate se termine par des boucles sur le front.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite en ailes de moulin.
Commentary
Pour ce type, il est très difficile de déterminer des liaisons de coins. Le monnayage, bien que peu abondant, comporte un nombre important de coins de droit. Notre exemplaire est très proche par le style et le traitement de l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. n° 408, pl. 16).
For this type, it is very difficult to determine die links. The coinage, although not abundant, includes a significant number of obverse dies. Our example is very close in style and treatment to the example of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. No. 408, pl. 16)
For this type, it is very difficult to determine die links. The coinage, although not abundant, includes a significant number of obverse dies. Our example is very close in style and treatment to the example of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. No. 408, pl. 16)
Historical background
MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS
(6th - 5th century BC)
Neapolis, colony of Thasos was founded in the 6th century BC. The city was located at the foot of Mount Pangea, on the mainland, on the opposite side to its metropolis, Thasos. It thus controlled the routes of penetration towards Thrace. As Neapolis was the natural lock of the very rich mines of Pangea, it passed successively under Athenian control from 463 BC, then under that of Philip II of Macedon during the expedition of 358-357 BC. BC and the capture of Amphipolis.
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