v38_0091 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Bronze, (MB, Æ 21)

THRACE - MESEMBRIA Bronze, (MB, Æ 21) XF

MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €

Type : Bronze, (MB, Æ 21)

Date: c. 100 AC.

Mint name / Town : Messembria

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,44 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait stylisé de Dionysos au droit. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC.8 - GC.1676 - - Aulock- - Cop.- - WSC.244

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos coiffé d’une couronne de vigne.

Reverse

Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.

Reverse legend : MESAM/BRIANWN/ DIW.

Reverse translation : (de Messembria, Dionysos).

Commentary

Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection William Stancomb (WSC. 244, pl XI).

Historical background

THRACE - MESEMBRIA

(1st 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.