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bgr_493673 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Diobole

THRACE - MESEMBRIA Diobole AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,26 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Casque corinthien à cimier vu de face.

Reverse


Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons avec moyeu central.
Reverse legend : M/E/T/A.
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).

Commentary


Exemplaire de style fin.

Historical background


THRACE - MESEMBRIA

(4th century BC)

Messembria was an important colony of Megara, founded around 510 BC. It was located on Pont-Euxin, bordered by the Black Sea, north of Apollonia Pontica. Port Thrace, it welcomed refugees from Byzantium and Calchedonia during the Ionian revolt against Darius at the beginning of the 5th century BC. The name of the city itself means (south = meshmbria in Greek). Messembria worshiped the solar Apollo of Megara, its metropolis. The city was conquered by the Romans in 72 BC.

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