bgr_949981 - THRACE - SESTOS Unité

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Type : Unité

Date: c. 300 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sestos, Thrace

Metal : copper

Diameter : 10 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 2,03 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

Cop.933 - HGCS. 3/2-1651

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Hermes ithyphallique : à gauche un épi et à droite un caducée.

Reverse

Reverse description : Amphore.

Reverse legend : SH

Reverse translation : (Sestus).

Historical background

THRACE - SESTOS

(4th - 2nd century BC)

Sestus, placed in the Chersonese of Thrace was located at the entrance of the Hellespont in front of Abydos. It was an Aeolian colony founded by Lesbos. This is where Xerxes marched his army from Asia to Europe over a pontoon bridge during the Second Persian War in 480 BC..

THRACE - SESTOS Unité VF

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