bgr_825452 - IONIA - SMYRNA Tétradrachme
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Price : 4 900.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 155-145 AC
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Smyrne
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté. Revers finement détaillé. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Smyrne à droite, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse legend : ZMUR/NAIWN// (IWU)
Reverse translation : (De Smyrne).
Historical background
IONIA - SMYRNA
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Smyrna was one of the oldest cities in Ionia, destroyed in the 6th century BC by the Lydians. The city was refounded three centuries later by Antigone le Borgne at the end of the fourth century BC. After being called Eurydicieia under Lysimachus, Smyrna experienced great expansion after the Peace of Apamea (188 BC). VS.). It became one of the most powerful cities in Asia Minor under Roman rule. It is said to be the homeland of Homer.
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