bgr_353797 - AKARNANIA - ANACTORION Statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 650.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 650.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acarnanie, Anactorium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 8,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Usure superficielle au droit. Revers de toute beauté. Très jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés
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Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Vinchon
Obverse
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Obverse legend : (AN).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière monogramme et omphalos.
Reverse legend : (AN)/ (LO).
Reverse translation : (Anactorium).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
AKARNANIA - ANACTORION
(4th century BC)
Anactorium, located at the entrance to the Gulf of Ambracia, near Actium, was one of the oldest Corinthian colonies founded in the 7th century BC. In 425, the Corinthian elements were driven out by the Athenians and the Acarnanians during the Peloponnesian War. During the Sacred War, between 355 and 346 BC, Anactorium, favorable to the Corinthians, sided with the Thebans against the Phocidians. It was at this time that monetary issues resumed.
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