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Live auction - bgr_608661 - THESSALY - LAMIA Hemidrachme

THESSALY - LAMIA Hemidrachme AU
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Estimate : 600 €
Price : 300 €
Maximum bid : 310 €
End of the sale : 08 September 2020 14:15:30
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 400-344 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lamia, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Petite cassure de coin sur le nez de Dionysos. Amphore bien venue à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Dionysos à gauche, la tête coiffée d’une couronne de vigne.

Reverse


Reverse description : Amphore surmontée d’une feuille de vigne ; dans le champ à droite, un prochous (aiguière).
Reverse legend : MALIE/WN.
Reverse translation : (de Lamia).

Commentary


Ce type pourrait avoir été frappés pour les Maliens à Lamia. Cependant, dans la collection BCD, ce type représenté par un seul exemplaire, n° 124 est bien attribué à Lamia. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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