bgr_766416 - ATTICA - ATHENS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 140-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Athènes, Attique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée sur un flan court. Revers agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nu, marchant à droite, tendant la main gauche, tenant un foudre de la main droite ; devant un aigle et derrière une amphore.
Reverse legend : A-QE.
Reverse translation : (d’Athènes).
Historical background
ATTICA - ATHENS
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Athens after the death of Alexander the Great tried to regain its independence. The Athenians were defeated at Crannon in 322 BC. Demosthenes committed suicide so as not to be delivered to Antipater. After this date, Athens only survived thanks to its past prestige. Cassander captured Athens in 317 BC and established an oligarchic regime. She followed the fate of Macedonia until the defeat of Perseus in 168 BC. During the war against Mithridates, Sulla besieged the city which surrendered in 86 BC..
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