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Live auction - bgr_622499 - THESSALY - PHARSALOS Drachme

THESSALY - PHARSALOS Drachme XF
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Estimate : 600 €
Price : 300 €
Maximum bid : 300 €
End of the sale : 27 October 2020 14:12:07
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 425-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pharsale, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,71 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier orné du Skylla.
Obverse legend : [TI]/MI.
Obverse translation : (Témi).

Reverse


Reverse description : Cavalier thessalien galopant à droite, vêtu d'un chiton, coiffé du pétase avec la chlamyde flottant au vent, tenant le lagobolon de la main droite ; sous les pattes du cheval MHT.
Reverse legend : F-A/R-S.
Reverse translation : (Pharsale).

Historical background


THESSALY - PHARSALOS

(450-400 BC)

Pharsalus is one of the most famous cities of Thessaly because of Caesar's victory over Pompey in 48 BC. The city was built on the slopes of Mount Narthakios on the banks of the Enipeus at forty kilometers from Larissa.

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