bgr_966735 - PHRYGIA - APAMEIA Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 150-149 AC.
Mint name / Town : Apamée, Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Soldat (phalangiste) debout à gauche, casqué, tenant une lance et un bouclier.
Reverse legend : APAMEWN
Reverse translation : (d’Apamée).
Historical background
PHRYGIA - APAMEIA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Apamea, located at the crossroads of several important roads in Asia Minor, was founded by Antiochus I (280-261 BC), in memory of his mother, Apama, the wife of Seleucus Nicator, the founder of the dynasty. Seleucid. The city was located near the source of the Meander. After the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC, the city came under Attalid rule and followed the fate of the Kingdom of Pergamum. After 133 BC, it was part of the Roman province of Asia.
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