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E-auction 578-527707 - bgr_392237 - EUBOEA - KARYSTOS Unité

EUBOEA - KARYSTOS Unité VF/XF
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Estimate : 195 €
Price : 36 €
Maximum bid : 37 €
End of the sale : 13 May 2024 14:00:00
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 240-208 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carystos, Eubée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Usure très importante au droit. Joli revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection BCD et de la maison Auctiones

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête de bœuf à droite avec les bandelettes.
Reverse legend : KA/ (AMT).
Reverse translation : (Carystos).

Historical background


EUBOEA - KARYSTOS

(3rd century BC)

Carystos may have taken its name from an eponymous hero, son of the centaur Chiron. Located at the foot of Mount Oche, renowned for its marble quarries, was located at the southern end of the island of Euboea opposite Ceos. The Persians captured Karystos in the First Persian War in 490 BC.. -VS. During the Second Persian War, the city to avoid the yoke of Xerxes, opened its doors and was severely punished by Themistocles. Cimon led an operation against Karystos in 470 BC. -VS. The city entered the league of Delos. Raised in 446 BC. -VS. against Athens, she was severely punished and received a cleruchy. Revolted again in 411 BC. -VS. pushed by the Lacedaemonians, it saw its status confirmed by the peace of Antalcidas in 387 BC. -VS. From 371 BC. -VS. , it passed under the Theban protectorate after the victory of Epamminondas at Leuctra, but fell back under the influence of Athens after the battle of Mantinea (362 BC).. -VS. ). It remained there until the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.. -VS. then passing under Macedonian domination. After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. -VS. , it took advantage in 313 of the war which broke out between Antigone and Cassander to recover its independence. She then followed the fate of Athens until the Battle of Cynoscephales in 197 BC.. -VS. and the proclamation of the freedom of the Greek cities the following year by Flaminius at the Isthmian games.

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