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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 300-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau droit, de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers . Belle patine verte
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
Nous pourrions avoir affaire à une demi-unité.
We might be dealing with half a unit
We might be dealing with half a unit
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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