bgr_237427 - ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - AEGIUM Hemidrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 135.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 135.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 37-31 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pallention, Arcadie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait de Zeus légèrement stylisé. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Obverse legend : AIGIEwN.
Obverse translation : (d’Aigion).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : (AC)/ ARI/STO-DA-MOS.
Reverse translation : (Achaïe/ Aristodamos).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
Historical background
ACHAIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - AEGIUM
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Aigion, city of Achaia has been known since the dawn of time. It was part of the kingdom of Agamemnon. It was one of the twelve cities of the Achaean region and was one of the meeting centers of the Achaean league after 373 BC. The coinage of the League was important there for two centuries and continued at the time. roman.
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