bgr_463902 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Diobole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 230.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 230.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement décentré. Beau casque au droit. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
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).
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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