v23_0106 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté ou sixième de statère
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Hecté ou sixième de statère
Date: c. 338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits. Légèrement décentré au revers avec une petite faiblesse de frappe. Flan légèrement irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste juvénile imberbe de Cabire (Dioscure) à droite, coiffé d’un bonnet conique lauré entre deux étoiles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Buste de Perséphone ou d’Hécate à droite dans un carré creux linéaire.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du British Museum, n° 100.
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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