bgr_1060038 - MESSENIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MESSINIA Hemidrachme
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 196-168 AC
Mint name / Town : Arcadie, Antigoneia (Mantinée)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait de Zeus. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier cantonné de lettres.
Reverse legend : N-G/ M
Reverse translation : (Mantinée).
Historical background
MESSENIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MESSINIA
(2nd century BC)
Messène was founded in 369 BC at the instigation of Epaminondas after the liberation from the Spartan yoke. The city would have been built in only eighty-five days. Messene revolted against the Achaean league in 183-182 BC..
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