E-auction 180-113144 - bgr_399603 - THRACE - MESEMBRIA Unité
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| Estimate : | 85 € |
| Price : | 24 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 September 2016 14:04:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 300-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messembria, Thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure importante parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Casque thrace à droite avec les paragnathides.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bouclier celte.
Reverse legend : METAM/BRIANWN
Reverse translation : (de Messembria).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Les seuls exemplaires signalés, ceux de la collection Stancomb décrivent bien au revers un bouclier thrace (WSC. n° 229-230, pl. X).
Historical background
THRACE - MESEMBRIA
(3rd - 2nd 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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