bgr_344177 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté ou sixième de statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 520.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 520.00 €
Type : Hecté ou sixième de statère
Date: c. 378 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, légèrement décentré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Sapho courte sur le bas du visage. Joli revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Sapho à droite, les cheveux retenus dans un saccos.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lyre à sept cordes dans un carré linéaire.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que les les exemplaires du British Museum (BMC. 64, pl. 33/7) et celui de la collection Pozzi n° 2324 )= Ars Classica 10, 1925, n° 670.
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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