v36_0088 - MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS Hemidrachme
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 690.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 1 164.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 690.00 €
Number of bids : 10
Maximum bid : 1 164.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Néapolis
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,87 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de conservation exceptionnelle, parfaitement centré des deux côtés, finement patiné avec un sourire figé d’un réalisme saisissant. Revers d’une beauté et d’une plastique extraordinaires
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 : Tête de nymphe à droite avec une chevelure très élaborée.
Reverse legend : N-E/O-P, (Neopolitwn)
Reverse translation : (des Néopolitains).
Commentary
Poids léger. Semble de même coin de revers que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society 451, pl. 17, n° 88.
Lightweight. Appears to have the same reverse die as the American Numismatic Society specimen 451, pl. 17, no. 88
Lightweight. Appears to have the same reverse die as the American Numismatic Society specimen 451, pl. 17, no. 88
Historical background
MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS
(4th 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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