Live auction - bgr_432186 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté ou sixième de statère en électrum
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 14:14:26 |
Type : Hecté ou sixième de statère en électrum
Date: c. 346 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Belles têtes. Jolie patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête juvénile de Dionysos à droite, coiffé d’une couronne de lierre, les cheveux tombant sur les épaules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Buste drapé de Koré à droite, les cheveux relevés dans un petit chignon dans un carré linéaire.
Commentary
L’électrum est un alliage d’or et d’argent. Souvent ce type est décrit au droit comme une tête d’Apollon (Pozzi), voir comme une tête de la nymphe Mytilène (Babelon). Il semble bien s’agir d’une tête de Dionysos jeune.
Historical background
AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE
(5th - 4th century BC)
The island of Lesbos is located opposite the western coast of Asia Minor, at the entrance to the Gulf of Adramyteion at the mouth of the Hellespont. Mytilene, located on the eastern part of the island facing the mainland, was the main city. Its important electrum coinage would begin at the end of the 6th century or in the first years of the 5th century BC. The standard used is the phocaic with a stater of approximately 16.32 g. This electrum coinage ceased after the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor around 330 BC..
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