v38_0180 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Statère
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère
Date: c. 400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 12,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très épais et irrégulier, centré des deux côtés. Droit de haut relief avec un petit coup sur la tête de la tortue. Carré creux bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tortue terrestre vue de dessus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en cinq compartiments.
Commentary
Petite contremarque sur le cœur de la carapace. La fabrication des “tortues” s’interrompit quant Athènes occupa Égine à partir de 431 avant J.-C. Quand la cité fut libérée en 404 avant J.-C., elle recouvra sa liberté et reprit la fabrication. Une contremarque sur le haut de la carapace au centre.
Historical background
AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA
(6th - 5th century BC)
The city of Aegina is located on the island of the same name. It is placed equidistant between Athens and the coast of Argolis. It was in Aegina that the first coins of the West were minted in the 6th century BC. Its geographical and economic situation was to make it a commercial place of primary importance at the crossroads between Euboea, Athens, Corinth and the Peloponnese. The Aeginetic Stallion (from Aegina) quickly spread throughout the Aegean Sea, Greece, Crete and part of Asia Minor. Coinage does not seem to have started before the second half of the 6th century BC. Unfortunately, after the Persian Wars, the city found itself eclipsed by Athens, which captured it in 457 BC. The Aeginetans were driven out by the Athenians. Aegina regained its freedom only after the fall of Athens, but it had definitely lost its economic power..
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