v38_0144 - AKARNANIA - ANACTORION Statère
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère
Date: c. 320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Anactorium
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, légèrement taché au droit, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Usure régulière au droit. Revers de toute beauté. Très jolie patine de médaillier
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la BRED numismatique juillet 1976 (380€)
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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