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bpv_409052 - THRACE - TOMIS Hemiassarion

THRACE - TOMIS Hemiassarion AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Hemiassarion
Date: c. 138-180
Mint name / Town : Tomis, Mésie Inférieure
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré, un peu court au revers sur la légende. Beau buste de Tomos. Joli revers. Très belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
BMC.-  - GIC.-  - Cop.-  - Varbonov-  - ACBP.1782 var. - AMNG. 1/-

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé du héros Tomos à droite, coiffé du calathos.
Obverse legend : KTISTHS - TOMOS.
Obverse translation : (de Tomis).

Reverse

Reverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : TOMEI-T//WN.
Reverse translation : (de Tomis).

Commentary

C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

Historical background

THRACE - TOMIS

(2nd century AD)

The city was founded at an unknown date by the Dacians. The Greeks renamed it Tomis in the 5th century BC. The city experienced a great period of prosperity between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC. Ovid, the famous Latin poet, was exiled there in 8 AD. BC and died there in 17. Imperial coinage began under Augustus and ended under Philip II.

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