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LastDodo number
6400835
Area
Coins
Title
Greece Antique- MACEDONIA - Neapolis. (C.525-450 AD) .AR trihémiobole - TB + .Rare.
Country
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Year
Variety / overstrike
Era
Head of State
Type
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Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
0.75
Diameter
9 mm.
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Tête de Gorgone de face, grimaçant et tirant la langue, la chevelure plate se termine par des boucles sur le front.
Reverse
Carré creux quadripartite en ailes de moulin .
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Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
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Details
Copy on an oval and irregular blank, well centered. Beautiful representation of the head of Gorgon. Old collection gray patina. Rare type R1 Neapolis, colony of Thasos was founded in the 6th century BC. The city was located at the foot of Mount Pangea, on the mainland, on the side opposite to its metropolis, Thasos. It thus controlled the penetration routes to Thrace.
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Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré. Belle représentation de
la tête de Gorgone.
Patine grise de collection ancienne.
Type rare R1
Néapolis, colonie de Thasos fut fondée au VIe siècle avant J.-C.
La ville était située aux pieds du Mont Pangée, sur le continent,
du côté opposé à sa métropole, Thasos.
Elle contrôlait ainsi les routes de pénétration vers la Thrace.