bgr_424047 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 350-338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine, Aegina
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très joli droit avec la tortue bien venue à la frappe. Joli revers servi par une patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection B. Odaert
Obverse
Obverse description : Tortue terrestre vue de dessus.
Obverse legend : A.
Obverse translation : (Égine).
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en cinq compartiments.
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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