bgr_771016 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit mais beau portrait d’Athéna. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette.
Reverse
Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons avec moyeu central.
Reverse legend : M/E/T/A.
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).
Commentary
Au revers, la légende avec M/E/T/A est énigmatique. Néanmoins dans certains dialectes grecs le sigma et le tau sont assimilés (Head, HN., p. 278).
Historical background
THRACE - MESEMBRIA
(4th 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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