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E-auction 119-63771 - bgr_360287 - THESSALY - PHARSALOS Demi-unité

THESSALY - PHARSALOS Demi-unité VF
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Estimate : 75 €
Price : 26 €
Maximum bid : 26 €
End of the sale : 27 July 2015 15:02:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 280-220 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pharsale, Thessalie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna avec une usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Revers de frappe un peu brouillée. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier orné d’une aile et d’un serpent.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cavalier thessalien galopant à droite, vêtu d'un chiton, coiffé du pétase avec la chlamyde flottant au vent, tenant le lagobolon de la main droite ; sous les pattes du cheval MHT.
Reverse legend : F-A/R-S.
Reverse translation : (Pharsale).

Commentary


Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


THESSALY - PHARSALOS

(3rd century BC)

Pharsalus is one of the most famous cities of Thessaly because of Caesar's victory over Pompey in 48 BC. The city was built on the slopes of Mount Narthakios on the banks of the Enipeus at forty kilometers from Larissa.

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