v34_0217 - CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 1 300.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 300.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 350 AC
Mint name / Town : Halicarnasse
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,79 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré et complet. Très beau portrait. Joli revers, mais légèrement taché et argent légèrement corné. Exemplaire agréable recouvert d’une fine patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon de trois quarts de face à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus Labraundos marchant à droite, tenant de la main droite le labrys et de la gauche une javeline renversée ; E sous les pieds.
Reverse legend : MAUSOLLO
Reverse translation : (De Mausole).
Commentary
Exemplaire au visage légèrement stylisé avec la pupille de l’œil fixe.
Historical background
CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS
(377-353 BC)
Hekatomnos (395-377 AC.) was satrap of Caria and took part in the second war in Asia Minor. His son Mausolus (377-353 AC.), who succeeded him, is much better known for the mausoleum that his widow, Artemisia, had built for him in order to perpetuate his memory and which was one of the seven wonders of the world. It was Hidrieus, the second son of Hekatomnos who succeeded him and continued the coinage established by his brother at Halicarnassus.
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