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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Greece| > |Akarnania| > GS90989
Thyrrheion, Akarnania, Greece, c. 320 - 280 B.C.
|Akarnania|, |Thyrrheion,| |Akarnania,| |Greece,| |c.| |320| |-| |280| |B.C.|, The Pegasus issues of Thyrrheium are related to Timoleon's military expedition in 344 B.C. to Sicily in support of Syracuse, a colony founded from Corinth. The types are found in Sicilian hoards, which indicate they were struck until the early decades of the third century B.C.
GS90989. Silver stater, Pegasi II 13; BCD Akarnania 373.3; Imhoof-Blumer Akarnaniens 11, BMC Corinth p. 139, 8 & pl. 38, 8; HGC 4 919 (S), VF, nice style, reverse crowded to left, light marks, Thyrrheion mint, weight 8.503g, maximum diameter 21.3mm, die axis 180o, c. 320 - 280 B.C.; obverse Pegasos flying left, Θ below; reverse head of Athena (or Aphrodite) left in Corinthian helmet over leather cap, Θ below chin, Y and earring behind, ΛΨ (magistrate name) below neck truncation; SOLD










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