v26_0029 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Bronze, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 105.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 105.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 105.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 105.00 €
Type : Bronze, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: c. 300-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 5,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert olive foncé. Témoin intéressant à l’usure régulière et parfaitement lisible au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Casque thrace à gauche avec les paragnathides.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bouclier celte.
Reverse legend : METAM/BRIANWN
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).
Commentary
Poids léger. Les seuls exemplaires signalés, ceux de la collection Stancomb, décrivent bien au droit un casque thrace (WSC. n° 229-230, pl. X), mais en revanche la variété avec le casque à gauche semble complètement inédite et non répertoriée.
Lightweight. The only examples reported, those in the Stancomb collection, do indeed depict a Thracian helmet on the right (WSC. no. 229-230, pl. X), but on the other hand the variety with the helmet on the left seems completely new and unlisted.
Lightweight. The only examples reported, those in the Stancomb collection, do indeed depict a Thracian helmet on the right (WSC. no. 229-230, pl. X), but on the other hand the variety with the helmet on the left seems completely new and unlisted.
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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