v59_0151 - CYRENAICA - EVESPERIDES Drachme
MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 500.00 €
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 500.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 460-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Evespérides, Cyrénaïque
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Malgré une usure importante, le plant de silphium est bien venu à la frappe. Coin légèrement bouché sur la légende au revers. Belle tête de Zeus-Ammon. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Vinchon d’avril 1988, n° 550 et de la collection du docteur Thierry de Craeker
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : plant de silphium.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête barbue et cornue de Zeus Ammon à droite dans une grènetis perlé ; légende extérieure ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : E-[U/E-S]
Reverse translation : (Evesperides).
Commentary
Seules les lettres entourant le grènetis extérieur permettent d’attribuer cette pièce à Evespérides (Hespéris). C’est le E dans le champ supérieur gauche qui authentifie l’attribution.
Historical background
CYRENAICA - EVESPERIDES
(5th century BC)
Evespérides (Hespéris) is the westernmost city of the province of Cyrenaica at the entrance to the Great Syrte near a lake, the Triton, and a river, the Lathon. The region was renowned for its fertility and the city for its opulence. The Garden of the Hesperides was located there in mythology. The city was refounded in the 5th century BC around 460 BC by inhabitants of Cyrene and its king Arcésilas IV who was fleeing their city. It followed the destiny of its metropolis, became a free city and Democracy was established in the second half of the 4th century. She was often the victim of Libyan raids. The city was even besieged in 413 BC and delivered by the Greeks. The city changed its name under the Lagide domination under Ptolemy III, taking the name of his wife Berenice. It is today the city of Benghazi.
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