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E-auction 574-519923 - bgr_711562 - THRACE - SESTOS Unité

THRACE - SESTOS Unité XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 31 €
Maximum bid : 37 €
End of the sale : 15 April 2024 14:02:20
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sestos, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Hermes ithyphallique : à gauche un épi et à droite un caducée.

Reverse


Reverse description : Amphore.
Reverse legend : SH
Reverse translation : (Sestus).

Historical background


THRACE - SESTOS

(4th - 2nd century BC)

Sestus, placed in the Chersonese of Thrace was located at the entrance of the Hellespont in front of Abydos. It was an Aeolian colony founded by Lesbos. This is where Xerxes marched his army from Asia to Europe over a pontoon bridge during the Second Persian War in 480 BC..

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