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bgr_689102 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité

THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 250-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 6,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna Promachos debout à gauche, casquée, vêtue du chiton, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : METAM/BRIANWN.
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).

Commentary


Les seuls exemplaires signalés, ceux de la collection Stancomb décrivent au droit une tête féminine plutôt qu’une tête d’Apollon (WSC. n° 235-238, pl. X).

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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