Live auction - bgr_432013 - THESSALY - PHARSALOS Hemidrachme
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 14:10:11 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pharsale, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,00 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, un peu court, mais néanmoins bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna. Joli revers de style fin avec un graffiti (pi) sous la tête du cheval. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier et ailette avec boucles d’oreille.
Obverse legend : T/I/P
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête et cou de cheval à droite.
Reverse legend : F-A-R-S
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection BCD, Triton XV, 3 janvier 2012, n° 655.
Appears to have the same obverse corners as the copy in the BCD collection, Triton XV, January 3, 2012, no. 655
Appears to have the same obverse corners as the copy in the BCD collection, Triton XV, January 3, 2012, no. 655
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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