bgr_820066 - THRACIA - AIGOSPOTAMOI Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 325-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Aigos Potamos, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine verte et sable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Héra à gauche coiffée du polos lauré.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chèvre debout à droite.
Reverse legend : AIGOS/ PO.
Reverse translation : (d’Aigos Potamos).
Commentary
Notre exemplaire semble être un type intermédiaire entre les dénominations C (13-16 mm, 3,12 à 4,26 g) et D (10-11 mm, 1,10 à 1,40 g).
Historical background
THRACIA - AIGOSPOTAMOI
(4th century BC)
Aigos Postamos was located on the Hellespontic coast of the Chersonese of Thrace. The city owes its name to the eponymous river (Aigos Potamos) which flowed at its feet. The city is best known for the defeat suffered by Athens in 405 BC against the Spartan fleet of Lysander, which marked the end of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)..
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