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bgr_718528 - THESSALY - LAMIA Chalque
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Price : 150.00 €
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Chalque
Date: 370-3552 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lamia, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers ainsi qu’un portrait agréable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque corinthien.
Reverse
Reverse description : Amphore surmontée d’une feuille de vigne ; dans le Philoctète nu debout à droite, tirant à l’arc sur un oiseau.
Reverse legend : MALIEWN
Reverse translation : (de Lamia).
Commentary
Le monnayage de Lamia reste rare et méconnu. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Lamia coinage remains rare and little known. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Lamia coinage remains rare and little known. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
THESSALY - LAMIA
(4th century BC)
Lamia, located on the Achelous River at the bottom of the Lamiaque Gulf (Malian) was the city of the Malians. Its scarce coinage runs over the 4th century BC and stops when Thessaly enters the Macedonian orbit.
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