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bgr_463539 - MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS Unité

MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS Unité XF
145.00 €(Approx. 152.25$ | 120.35£)
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Type : Unité
Date: 357-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Philippes, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Revers bien détaillé. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse description : Trépied ; dans le champ à gauche, une torche de course allumée.
Reverse legend : FILIPPWN.
Reverse translation : (de Philippes).

Commentary


Poids léger. La torche de course au revers n’est pas sans rappeler le monnayage d’Amphipolis.

Historical background


MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS

(27 BC - 14 AD)

It was at Philippi that Antony and Octave faced Brutus and Cassius who died there. The colony was founded by Antoine after the battle (Antoni Iussu "Colonia Victrix Philippensis", then refounded by Octavian in 30 BC after the battle of Actium.

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