bgr_1006962 - PAPHLAGONIA - SINOPE Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 330-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Paphlagonie Sinope
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait bien venu à la frappe, finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Sinope à gauche, les cheveux dans un sphendoné avec boucles d'oreille et collier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle marin debout de face, les ailes déployées.
Reverse legend : SINW// (PR)
Reverse translation : (Sinope).
Historical background
PAPHLAGONIA - SINOPE
(365-322 BC)
Sinope, a colony of Miletus, was founded in the 7th century BC. Located on the northern coast of Pont-Euxin, a maritime city, it was one of the most important ports in the region. The introduction of the new type with the head of the nymph Sinope corresponds to the installation of the democratic regime in Sinope in 453 BC by the Athenians. The satrap Datames captured Sinope around 375 BC..
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