bgr_285736 - MEGARIS - MEGARA Tetrachalque

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Price : 145.00 €

Type : Tetrachalque

Date: c. 307-243 AC.

Mint name / Town : Mégare, Mégaride

Metal : copper

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,38 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Belle patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

Laffaille- - BMC.12 - Cop.471 var. - SB.3628 - SNG. Bar590 var.

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1986

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cithare.

Reverse legend : MEGA/ REWN.

Reverse translation : (de Mégare).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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

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