v49_0175 - MEGARIS - MEGARA Dichalque (PB, Æ 16)

MEGARIS - MEGARA Dichalque (PB, Æ 16) VF

MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 116.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 145.00 €

Type : Dichalque (PB, Æ 16)

Date: c. 307-243 AC.

Mint name / Town : Mégaride, Mégare

Metal : copper

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,05 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Belle patine marron foncé, piquée particulièrement au revers sur le trépied

Catalogue references :

Laffaille358 var. - BMC.23 - Cop.481 - SB.3630 - SNG. Bar587 var.

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Claude Silberstein (1994)

Obverse

Obverse description : Proue de galère à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Deux dauphins entourant la légende.

Reverse legend : MEG

Reverse translation : (Mégare).

Commentary

Ce type sans trépied ou trident au droit semble plus rare.

Historical background

MEGARIS - MEGARA

(4th - 3rd century BC)

Megara, located halfway between Athens and Corinth, controlled in the Archaic period the trade routes between the Peloponnese and central Greece and enjoyed great commercial prosperity. The city fell under the control of Athens. It recovered part of its independence after the Battle of Chaeronea. It was declared a free city by Demetrius Poliorcetes in 307 BC but quickly fell back under Macedonian rule. In 243 BC it joined the Achaean league and remained there until its dissolution in 146 BC after the capture and destruction of Corinth.

MEGARIS - MEGARA Dichalque VF/XF

150.00 €

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