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Live auction - bgr_569383 - IONIA - MILETUS Drachme

IONIA - MILETUS Drachme AU
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Estimate : 600 €
Price : 310 €
Maximum bid : 310 €
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 14:19:26
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 259-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,18 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Fine usure superficielle. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à gauche d'Apollon Didyméen, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse


Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME MI.
Reverse description : Lion passant à gauche, détournant la tête à droite ; au-dessus, astre à huit rais ; nom de magistrat à l’exergue.
Reverse legend : ALKWN/ / (MI)/ T.
Reverse translation : (Alkon/ Milet).

Historical background


IONIA - MILETUS

(4th 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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