bgr_937853 - PISIDIA - SAGALASSOS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 36-25 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sagalassos, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux bouquetins affrontées debout face à face sur leurs pattes postérieures ; au milieu, un symbole.
Reverse legend : SAGA.
Reverse translation : (Salagassos).
Historical background
PISIDIA - SAGALASSOS
(1st century BC)
Sagalassos was located near the source of Crestos northwest of Cremna. The inhabitants prided themselves on having a Lacedaemonian origin. Coinage begins under the reign of Amyntas, King of Galatia (36-25 BC). Sagalassos was part of its area of influence. On the death of the latter, the kingdom became a Roman province.
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