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bgr_931701 - ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA) Hemidrachme

ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - PATRAS (PATRA) Hemidrachme AU
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 86 AC.
Mint name / Town : Patras, Achaïe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers ainsi qu’un beau portrait de Zeus. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier ; au-dessous, sous le monogramme, un petit dauphin à droite.
Reverse legend : (AC)/ LU/ A-R

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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