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Live auction - bgr_520370 - THRACE - THRACIAN CHERSONESE - CHERRONESOS Hemidrachme ou demi-sicle

THRACE - THRACIAN CHERSONESE - CHERRONESOS Hemidrachme ou demi-sicle AU
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Estimate : 520 €
Price : 320 €
Maximum bid : 320 €
End of the sale : 05 March 2019 14:04:30
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Hemidrachme ou demi-sicle
Date: c. 386-338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cardia, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Magnifique représentation du lion. Revers de style fin bien venu à la frappe. Très belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Niels

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion bondissant à droite, tournant la tête à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite avec deux sections en creux et deux sections en relief, orné d’un épi de blé et d’un globule accosté de la lettre E.
Reverse legend : (AG).

Commentary


Représentation inhabituelle du revers avec un épi.

Historical background


THRACE - THRACIAN CHERSONESE - CHERRONESOS

(4th century BC)

Cherronesos seems to have been located at the entrance to the Propontis on the Isthmus of the Cherchonese of Thrace. It seems that this region can be identified with the city of Cardia and its surroundings. Cardia, an important city, was founded by Milesian settlers. The city was finally destroyed by Lysimachus in 309 BC before being rebuilt under the name of Lysimacheia. The city controlled the trade that passed through the region between the Aegean Sea and Pont-Euxin.

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