bgr_879529 - CARIA - STRATONICEA Hemidrachme plinthophore
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Type : Hemidrachme plinthophore
Date: c. 150-120 AC.
Mint name / Town : Stratonicée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,20 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan légèrement décentré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Zeus. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes déployées ; dans le champ à droite, un foudre; le tout dans un carré creux.
Reverse legend : S-T// [...]
Reverse translation : (Stratonicée).
Historical background
CARIA - STRATONICEA
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Stratonicée was founded by Antiochus Ier Soter who gave the name of his wife to the city. The city located about fifty kilometers from Alabanda was near the sources of Marsyas. The city was emancipated from Rhodian rule after 168 BC and the Macedonian defeat. The city was important until the imperial period.
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