v11_0127 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - COS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 792.73 €
Estimate : 1 295.82 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 792.73 €
Estimate : 1 295.82 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 340
Mint name / Town : Carie, Cos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,86 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits, mais la pièce a été nettoyée et le champ gratté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Héraklès barbue à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...].
Reverse description : Tête féminine voilée à gauche, (Déméter).
Commentary
Semble inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. Poids léger.
Historical background
CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - COS
(4th century BC)
Cos was originally a Dorian colony from Epidaurus which brought the cult of Asklepios to the island. It is the homeland of Hippocrates, the founder of medicine. Cos was part of the League of Delos and paid tribute to Athens. The founding of a new symmachic capital in 366 BC revived the economic activity which was to last until the Macedonian conquest. Rival of Rhodes and Halicarnassus, the island lost its importance after 333 BC After the death of Alexander the Great, it fell under the domination of Ptolemy. The latter stayed on the island in 309 BC with his wife Berenice and it was there that Ptolemy II Philadelphus was born..
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