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Live auction - bgr_510500 - THESSALY - PHARSALOS Hemidrachme ou quart de statère

THESSALY - PHARSALOS Hemidrachme ou quart de statère AU
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Estimate : 720 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 04 December 2018 14:05:43
Type : Hemidrachme ou quart de statère
Date: c. 450-440 AC
Mint name / Town : Pharsale, Thessalie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, légèrement décentré au droit. Belle tête archaïsante au droit. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête et cou de cheval à droite dans un carré creux.
Reverse legend : F-AR.

Commentary


Sur notre exemplaire, la tête d’Athéna est encore archaïsante.

Historical background


THESSALY - PHARSALOS

(450-400 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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