bgr_710552 - IONIA - MILETUS Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 320-300 AC
Mint name / Town : Milet
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très joli revers. Patine grise avec reflets dorés et bleutés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre sous les traits d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore trônant à gauche, les jambes croisées sur un siège sans dossier, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche .
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ KH.
Historical background
IONIA - MILETUS
(300-250 BC)
Civic coinage in the name and type of Alexander III
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. Coinage of the Apollo type lasted until the 2nd century BC..
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