v34_0174 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Drachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 580.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 830.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 830.00 €
Starting price : 580.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 830.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 830.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Weight : 5,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, irrégulier et complet. Petite faiblesse de fabrication au droit avec une usure superficielle sur la carapace de la tortue. Très léger tréflage autour des pattes et de la carapace. Très beau carré creux. Une jolie patine avec des reflets dorés recouvre cet exemplaire
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 ; dans le premier compartiment, deux globules posés verticalement.
Commentary
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 monétaire. Notre drachme pourrait avoir été fabriquée à ce moment. La tortue terrestre semble encore archaïque tandis que le carré creux est déjà fin et élégant. Ce type (drachme) est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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