bgr_976442 - MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 375-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Néapolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré, quasi SUP. Très belle tête de Gorgone, finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face, grimaçant et tirant la langue, la chevelure plate se termine par des boucles sur le front.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de nymphe à droite avec une chevelure très élaborée.
Reverse legend : NEOP, (Neopolitwn).
Reverse translation : (des Néopolitains).
Historical background
MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS
(4th century BC)
Neapolis, colony of Thasos was founded in the 6th century BC. The city was located at the foot of Mount Pangea, on the mainland, on the opposite side to its metropolis, Thasos. It thus controlled the routes of penetration towards Thrace. As Neapolis was the natural lock of the very rich mines of Pangea, it passed successively under Athenian control from 463 BC, then under that of Philip II of Macedon during the expedition of 358-357 BC. BC and the capture of Amphipolis.
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