v09_0099 - IONIA - METROPOLIS Bronze Æ 17 ou unité
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 99.09 €
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 99.09 €
Type : Bronze Æ 17 ou unité
Date: c. 100-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Métropolis, monétaire Diogénès
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très belle patine vert noir. Beau portrait d'Athéna. Infimes petites concrétions brunâtres sur le visage / Joli revers, légèrement décentré
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffé du casque attique.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé surmonté du monogramme de Métropolis.
Reverse legend : [D]IOGENHS
Reverse translation : (Diogène).
Historical background
IONIA - METROPOLIS
(1st century BC)
Metropolis, placed between Ephesus and Smyrna from north to south and between Colophon and Larissa from west to east, is not known before the first century BC. Its coinage during the imperial period was important between Augustus and Salonina. There is also an alliance coinage with Ephesus.
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