bgr_990475 - IONIA - KOLOPHON Unité
175.00 €(Approx. 183.75$ | 145.25£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 180-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Colophon, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Homère drapé assis à gauche, les jambes croisées, tenant un rouleau de la main droite le menton appuyé sur sa main gauche ; devant légende.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon citharède drapé, marchant à droite, tenant une cithare de la main gauche et le plectron de la main droite.
Reverse legend : KOLOFWNIWN
Reverse translation : (de Colophon).
Commentary
La représentation d’Homère est rare dans le monnayage grec.
Historical background
IONIA - KOLOPHON
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Colophon was located on the banks of the Halès and the Calaon, set back from the sea, equidistant between Teos and Ephesus. The city was said to have been founded by Andremon de Pylos, whose tomb was nearby. Gyges, king of Lydia, seized Colophon in the 6th century BC. It then came under Persian rule, was part of the Ionian revolt and was ravaged by the Persians. She entered the league of Delos under the Athenian domination from its foundation. It seems to have suffered the fate of the cities of Ionia which were tossed between Athens and Sparta between 413 and 387 BC. The city of Colophon was destroyed by Lysimachus in 299 BC and the inhabitants settled then to Notion, the port of Colophon.
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