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Live auction - bgr_559640 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté

AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté AU/AU
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Estimate : 720 €
Price : 544 €
Maximum bid : 544 €
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 14:18:51
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Hecté
Date: c. 346 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers. Superbe portrait d’Apollon de style fin
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M C Lille

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; derrière un petit serpent.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de Koré ou d’Artémis à droite, les cheveux tenus dans un sphendone ; le tout dans un carré linéaire.

Commentary


L’électrum est un alliage d’or et d’argent.

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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