bgr_389483 - PHOCIS- DELPHI Hemidrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 465-460 AC
Mint name / Town : Delphes, Phocide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier à l’usure importante, mais identifiable. Joli droit Usure plus importante au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de taureau vu de face.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Artémis à droite, les cheveux retenus par un filet ; le tout dans un carré creux.
Reverse legend : F/O[/K]/I
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Very light weight
Very light weight
Historical background
PHOCIS- DELPHI
(5th century BC)
The federal coinage began in the 5th century BC and ended in 346 BC, the date of the end of the Second Sacred War, marking the hegemony of Philip II over the region with the direction of the 'Amphictyonia of Delphi. The region, mountainous and poor, was dedicated to Artemis, goddess of the hunt.
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