Live auction - bgr_428361 - COLCHIS - DIOSKOUROS Unité
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 190 € |
| Maximum bid : | 195 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 May 2017 14:10:13 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 105-90 AC.
Mint name / Town : Dioscurias, Colchide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Weight : 4,13 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés des deux côtés de haut relief et de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Les Bonnets des Dioscures surmontés par deux étoiles.
Reverse
Reverse description : Thyrse.
Reverse legend : DI-OS/KOU-RIA/D-OS
Commentary
Pour ce type, il a deux dénominations en fonction du poids et du diamètre.
Historical background
COLCHIS - DIOSKOUROS
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Colchis was a mythical region located on the southeast coast of the Black Sea. The Argonauts went there to seize the Golden Fleece. Dioscurias was founded in the 6th century BC by Milesian settlers. The city took the name of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), eponymous heroes of the city. It was integrated into the great kingdom of Pontus. It is in the city that Mithridates VI of Pontus found refuge at the end of his reign in 66-65 BC. The city was then integrated into the kingdom of Pontus by Marc Antoine for Polemon Ier.
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