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Live starting : Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-130 AC.
Mint name / Town : Demetrias
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais et bien centré. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Centaure (Chiron) passant à droite, tenant une palme sur l’épaule ; étoile entre les jambes.
Reverse legend : MAGNHTWN/ (AH)
Reverse translation : (des Magnètes).
Historical background
THESSALY - MAGNETES
(196-146 BC)
The Magnetes, were part of Thessaly and occupied the peninsula of Magnesia with Demetrias as their capital. The Magnetes gained their independence after the defeat of Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephales in 197 BC and the proclamation of Greek freedom at Corinth by Flaminius the following year. The confederal assembly met at Demetrias where the Magnetarchs sat.
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