bgr_897549 - IONIA - MILETUS Drachme
250.00 €(Approx. 262.50$ | 207.50£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 188-133
AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement décentré au droit. Fine usure régulière. Joli lion au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droitz d'Apollon Didyméen, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME MI.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite, détournant la tête à gauche ; au-dessus, derrière, astre à huit rais ; nom de magistrat à l’exergue.
Reverse legend : DIOGENHS / (RE)/ T
Reverse translation : (Diogène/ 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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