Live auction - bgr_495354 - EPEIROS - AMBRAKIA Statère
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 July 2018 14:07:00 |
Type : Statère
Date: c. 404-360 AC
Mint name / Town : Ambracie, Épire
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale légèrement décentré au droit sur Pégase. Joli revers avec un coin légèrement bouché et un symbole inhabituel. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE).
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière, un gorgoneion posé horizontalement, le couvre nuque timbré d’un A.
Commentary
Poids léger. Statère d’étalon corinthien. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Historical background
EPEIROS - AMBRAKIA
(426-360 BC)
The city was situated on a promontory at the bottom of the Gulf of Ambracia on the left bank of the Arachtus, 80 stadia from the coast (14 kms). The city was colonized by the Corinthians around 660 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, the Ambraciotes were faithful allies of the Corinthians and Lacedaemonians. She fought effectively against the Acarnanians. Following the intervention of Athens in the region under the leadership of Phormion, Ambracia concludes a perpetual peace with Argos and Leucas. Ambracia sent reinforcements to Syracuse during the Athenian landing in Sicily in 415 BC. Under Pyrrhus it was the capital of the kingdom of Epirus.
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