bgr_407217 - THESSALY - KRANNON Dichalque
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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Crannon, Thessalie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré à l’usure superficielle. Joli droit parfaitement centré. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cavalier thessalien galopant à droite.
Obverse legend : K
Obverse translation : (Crannon).
Reverse
Reverse description : Hydrie posée sur un char, un corbeau percé sur la roue à droite.
Reverse legend : K-RA/NNO
Reverse translation : (Crannon).
Commentary
Ce type de divisionnaire semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence. Sur cet exemplaire l’ethnique est complet.
This type of divisionary seems much rarer than the reference works suggest. On this example the ethnic is complete
This type of divisionary seems much rarer than the reference works suggest. On this example the ethnic is complete
Historical background
THESSALY - KRANNON
(5th - 4th century BC).
Crannon was a wealthy city in Thessaly surrounded by the territories of Larissa and Scotussa. Its population was originally from Epirus. The city after having known for two centuries a great expansion then fell into a slow decline before disappearing after the Roman conquest.
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