bgr_768295 - THESSALY - KRANNON Dichalque
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Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Crannon, Thessalie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 4,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan centré à l’usure plus marquée au revers qu’au droit. Joli droit. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cavalier thessalien galopant à droite.
Obverse legend : K
Obverse translation : (Crannon).
Reverse
Reverse description : Hydrie posée sur un char, un corbeau percé sur la roue à droite.
Reverse legend : K-RA/NNO
Reverse translation : (Crannon).
Historical background
THESSALY - KRANNON
(5th - 4th century BC).
Crannon was a wealthy city in Thessaly surrounded by the territories of Larissa and Scotussa. Its population was originally from Epirus. The city after having known for two centuries a great expansion then fell into a slow decline before disappearing after the Roman conquest.
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