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Live auction - bgr_899220 - MESSENIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MESSINIA Hemidrachme

MESSENIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MESSINIA Hemidrachme AU/AU
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : 470 €
Maximum bid : 480 €
End of the sale : 09 April 2024 14:19:25
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 191-188
Mint name / Town : Messène, Messenie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Zeus, bien venu à la frappe. Revers agréable. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Grand monogramme dans une couronne de laurier cantonné de lettres.
Reverse legend : OP/ O-N/ M
Reverse translation : (Messène).

Historical background


MESSENIA - ACHAEAN LEAGUE - MESSINIA

(2nd century BC)

Messène was founded in 369 BC at the instigation of Epaminondas after the liberation from the Spartan yoke. The city would have been built in only eighty-five days. Messene revolted against the Achaean league in 183-182 BC..

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