bgr_960229 - MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS Statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 2 500.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 2 500.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 520-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Néapolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Weight : 7,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très belle tête de Gorgone. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
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 : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
Monnaie fourrée.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - NEAPOLIS
(6th - 5th 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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