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Live auction - bgr_519893 - IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère

IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 210 €
Maximum bid : 320 €
End of the sale : 29 January 2019 14:10:30
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Douzième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Weight : 1,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Très belle tête de lion. Revers de style fin. Très jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de lion à gauche avec la crinière, la gueule ouverte, la langue pendante.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Étoile à quatre rais, richement ornementée ; le tout dans un carré creux.

Commentary


La tête du lion est plus massive avec la crinière bien visible, mais pas la patte. Au revers l’étoile est finement détaillée. Le type avec le lion à gauche semble moins courant.

Historical background


IONIA - MILETUS

(6th - 5th century BC)

Miletus, founded in the 12th century BC, had been the seat of the Ionian Confederation. During the War of Liberation, it was crushed in 494 BC. Its cult of Apollo was renowned throughout Asia Minor. Its settlers founded, among others, the colonies of Abydos, Cyzicus, Sinope and Panticapaeum.

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