v49_0136 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: c. 100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace, 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 olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 38, n° 91 (2009)
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).
Same dies as the copy in the William Stancomb collection (WSC. 244, pl XI)
Same dies as the copy in the William Stancomb collection (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.
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