bgr_943810 - PHRYGIA - AKMONEIA Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 88-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Acmoneia, Phrygie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Asklépios nu jusqu’à la ceinture, debout de face, tenant un bâton sur lequel un serpent est enroulé.
Reverse legend : AKMONE/ MHNODO/ [SI]LLWN.
Reverse translation : (des Acomenéens/ Ménodo(ros)/ Sillon(os).
Historical background
PHRYGIA - AKMONEIA
(1st century BC)
The city of Acmoneia was located on the course of a tributary of the Sindrus (Senaros). It was founded at the instigation of the Seleucids or the Attlalids. It passed under Attalid domination after the Peace of Apamea before becoming part of the province of Asia after 133 BC. Under Roman administration, it was attached to the province of Cilicia at the end of the republican period..
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