v49_0239 - IONIA - METROPOLIS Unité, (PB, Æ 16)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (PB, Æ 16)
Date: c. 100-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Métropolis
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IX, n° 99 (2001)
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).
Commentary
Monétaire 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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