bgr_228901 - MACEDONIA - ROMAN PROVINCE Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 158-149 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, légèrement ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine vert olive foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 41, n° 150
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Artémis Tauropolos à droite, l’arc et le carquois sur l’épaule.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux chèvres debout sur leurs pattes arrière face à face.
Reverse legend : [A]MF-IPO/LITWN.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - ROMAN PROVINCE
(2nd century BC)
After the capture of Perseus at Pydna in 168 BC by Paul-Émile, Greece was separated into four republics. After Andriscus' revolt, Macedonia was heavily taxed and treated as a conquered province. Under the Empire, it became a senatorial province.
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