bgr_968666 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité
85.00 €(Approx. 99.45$ | 73.10£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 250-175 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure superficielle. Belle tête féminine au droit. Revers de style fin. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs, tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna Alkidémos debout à gauche, casquée, vêtue du chiton, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un bouclier macédonien.
Reverse legend : MESAM/BRIANWN
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire de ce module à la vente.
Lightweight. This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time that we are offering a example of this module for sale
Lightweight. This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time that we are offering a example of this module for sale
Historical background
THRACE - MESEMBRIA
(3rd - 2nd 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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