bgr_996333 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité
200.00 €(Approx. 208.00$ | 168.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait de Dionysos. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos coiffé d’une couronne de vigne.
Reverse
Reverse description : Grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : MESAM/BRIANWN/ DIW
Reverse translation : (de Messembria, Dionysos).
Historical background
THRACE - MESEMBRIA
(1st century BC)
Messembria was an important colony of Megara, founded around 510 BC. It was located on Pont-Euxin, bordered by the Black Sea, north of Apollonia Pontica. Port Thrace, it welcomed refugees from Byzantium and Calchedonia during the Ionian revolt against Darius at the beginning of the 5th century BC. The name of the city itself means (south = meshmbria in Greek). Messembria worshiped the solar Apollo of Megara, its metropolis. The city was conquered by the Romans in 72 BC.
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THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité AU
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