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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 450-320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, légèrement décentré avec une rare variante de légende au droit. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Casque corinthien à cimier vu de face.
Obverse legend : N - I
Reverse
Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons avec moyeu central.
Reverse legend : M/E/T/A
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare avec une lettre dans le champ à gauche (NI).
This type seems much rarer with a letter in the left field (NI)
This type seems much rarer with a letter in the left field (NI)
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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