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E-auction 159-96634 - bgr_368632 - ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA) Hemidrachme

ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA) Hemidrachme XF
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Estimate : 225 €
Price : 86 €
Maximum bid : 120 €
End of the sale : 02 May 2016 14:04:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 35-31 AC.
Mint name / Town : Patras, Achaïe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait d’Aphrodite inhabituel. Joli revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Aphrodite à droite, coiffée du stéphané.

Reverse


Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier ; au-dessous.
Reverse legend : (AC)/ DA/MASIAS.
Reverse translation : (Achaïe/ Damasias).

Commentary


Le magistrat Damacias est le fils d’Agisalaos.

Historical background


ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Patras was the main port of Achaia. Very old city, it sided with Athens during the Peloponnesian War. It was then under the control of the Macedonians. The city was destroyed in 146 BC Free city under Augustus, it welcomed the veterans of the Xth and XIIth legions and took the name of Colonia Augusta Achaia Patrensis.

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