bpv_349660 - THRACE - BYZANTION Assarion

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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 110.00 €

Type : Assarion

Date: c. 193-235

Mint name / Town : Byzance, Thrace

Metal : copper

Diameter : 19,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale avec les grènetis visibles. Joli droit. Joli revers. Très jolie patine vert, légèrement granuleuse

Catalogue references :

BMC.41 - GIC.4831

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Diane à droite, échevelée, un carquois sur l’épaule.

Reverse

Reverse description : Croissant surmonté d’une étoile à huit rais.

Reverse legend : BUZANTIWN.

Reverse translation : (de Byzance).

Commentary

Poids lourd. Le revers n’est pas sans rappeler le monnayage des cités de Mésie : Nicopolis ou Marcianopolis qui présentent la même typologie de revers.

Historical background

THRACE - BYZANTION

(2nd - 3rd century)

Byzantium, the future Constantinople and then Istanbul, was founded in 657 BC by Megarian settlers from central Greece. The city was besieged by Philip II of Macedonia in 340/339 BC and found itself in the share of Lysimachus during the division of the empire of Alexander. After Couroupédion, it regained its independence. Its location at the entrance to the Black Sea at the mouth of the Propontis as well as its rich fertile plains on the coast ensured great prosperity. Under the Empire, the city kept an undeniable strategic importance. The city underwent development under the Severans after the episode of Pescennius Niger before becoming the second capital of the Empire from 330.