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bgr_284887 - PHRYGIA - DIONYSOPOLIS Demi-unité

PHRYGIA - DIONYSOPOLIS Demi-unité VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: 190-80 AC
Mint name / Town : Dionysopolis, Phrygie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine noire
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite, couronné de branche de vigne.

Reverse


Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : DIONUS.
Reverse translation : (de Dionysopolis).

Commentary


Il s’agit de la cité de Dionysopolis en Phrygie.

Historical background


PHRYGIA - DIONYSOPOLIS

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Dionysopolis was founded in the 2nd century BC by the kings of Pergamon, Eumenes II (197-159 AC) or Attalus II (159-138 AC.). The city of Dionysopolis, located 8 km northwest of the district of Çal in Denizli and near the market town of Ortaköy and was located in the valley near the headwaters of the Meander at the limit of Lydia.

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