Mesembria in Thrace 350BC Rare Ancient Greek Coin Athena Minerva i29654

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Authentic Ancient

Coin of:

Greek city of Mesembria in Thrace
Bronze 12mm (1.91 grams) Struck 350 B.C.
Reference: SNG Cop 657
Helmeted head of Athena right.
META around the compartments inside a wheel.

An important colony of Megara, Mesembria was situated on the Black Sea
coast, north of Apollonia Pontika.


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Athena
or Athene
(Latin:

Minerva
), also referred to as
Pallas Athena
, is the goddess of war, civilization, wisdom, strength,
strategy, crafts, justice and skill in
Greek mythology
.
Minerva
,
Athena’s Roman


Athena with the cista

incarnation,
embodies similar attributes. Athena is also a shrewd companion of

heroes
and the
goddess
of

heroic
endeavour. She is the
virgin
patron of
Athens
. The Athenians built the
Parthenon
on the Acropolis of her namesake
city, Athens, in her honour (Athena Parthenos). Athena’s cult as the patron of
Athens seems to have existed from the earliest times and was so persistent that
archaic myths about her were recast to adapt to cultural changes. In her role as
a protector of the city (polis),
many people throughout the Greek world worshiped Athena as Athena Polias
(“Athena of the city”).
Athens
and Athena bear etymologically connected
names.

Nesebar (pronounced

[neˈsebər]
,

Bulgarian

: �е�ебър, Nesebar;

Thracian

: Menebria;

Greek

: Μεσήμβ�ια, Mesimvria, previously known as Mesembria;

other spellings include Nessebar and Nesebur) is an ancient city

and a major seaside resort on the

Black Sea

coast of Bulgaria

, located in

Nesebar municipality

,

Burgas Province

. Often referred to as the “Pearl of the Black Sea

and “Bulgaria’s

Dubrovnik
“,

Nesebar is a rich city-museum defined by more than three millennia of

ever-changing history.

It is a one of the most prominent tourist destinations and

seaports on the Black Sea, in what has become a popular area with several large

resorts—the largest,

Sunny

Beach
, is situated immediately to the north of Nesebar.

Nesebar has on several occasions found itself on the frontier

of a threatened empire, and as such it is a town with a rich history. The

ancient part of the town is situated on a peninsula (previously an island)

connected to the mainland by a narrow man-made

isthmus
, and

it bears evidence of occupation by a variety of different civilisations over the

course of its existence. Its abundance of historic buildings prompted

UNESCO
to

include Nesebar in its list of

World Heritage Sites

in 1983.

Originally a

Thracian

settlement known as Menebria, the town became a

Greek colony

when settled by

Dorians
from

Megara
at the

beginning of the 6th century BC, and was an important trading centre from then

on and a rival of Apollonia (Sozopol).

It remained the only

Doric colony

along the Black Sea coast, as the rest were typical

Ionic
colonies.

Remains from the

Hellenistic

period include the

acropolis
,

a temple of Apollo
,

and an agora
. A

wall which formed part of the fortifications can still be seen on the north side

of the peninsula. Bronze and silver coins were minted in the city since the 5th

century BC and gold coins since the 3rd century BC.

The town fell under

Roman

rule in 71 BC, yet continued to enjoy privileges such as the right to mint its

own coinage. It was one of the most important strongholds of the

Byzantine Empire

from the 5th century AD onwards, and was fought over by

Byzantines

and

Bulgarians
,

being captured and incorporated in the lands of the

First Bulgarian Empire

in 812 by

Khan Krum

after a two week siege only to be ceded back to Byzantium by Knyaz

Boris I

in 864 and reconquered by his son Tsar

Simeon the Great

. During the time of the

Second Bulgarian Empire

it was also contested by Bulgarian and Byzantine

forces and enjoyed particular prosperity under Bulgarian tsar

Ivan Alexander

(1331–1371) until it was conquered by

Crusaders

led by

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

in 1366. The Slavic[

neededcitation] version of the name, Nesebar or Mesebar, has

been attested since the 11th century.

Monuments from the

Middle

Ages
include the 5–6th century Stara Mitropoliya (“old bishopric”;

also

St Sophia

), a

basilica

without a transept

; the 10th century

church of the Virgin

; and the 11th century Nova Mitropoliya (“new

bishopric”; also

St Stephen

) which continued to be embellished until the 18th century. In the

13th and 14th century a remarkable series of churches were built:

St Theodore

,

St Paraskeva

,

St Michael St Gabriel

, and

St John Aliturgetos

.

The capture of the town by the

Turks

in 1453 marked the start of its decline, but its architectural

heritage remained and was enriched in the 19th century by the construction of

wooden houses in style typical for the

Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

during this period. It was a kaza centre in

Ä°slimye
sanjak

of

Edirne Province

before 1878[1].

After the

Liberation of Bulgaria

from Ottoman rule in 1878, Nesebar became part of the

autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia as a kaza centre in

Burgaz
sanjak

until it

united

with the Principality of Bulgaria in 1886.

Around the end of the 19th century Nesebar was a small town

of Greek

fishermen and vinegrowers, but developed as a key Bulgarian seaside resort since

the beginning of the 20th century. After 1925 a new town part was built and the

historic Old Town was restored.


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