bgr_952500 - IONIA - IONIAN ISLANDS - SAMOS Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 580.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 580.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 510-500 AC
Mint name / Town : Samos, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très beau masque de lion, finement détaillé, quasi SUP. Droit à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de sanglier ailé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Masque de lion dans un carré creux.
Historical background
IONIA - IONIAN ISLANDS - SAMOS
(5th century BC)
The town of Samos was located southeast of the island of Samos. She joined the League of Delos as soon as it was created in 478/477 BC. Her contribution consisted in providing ships for the League. Samos revolted against the Athenian hegemony in 441-440 BC and Pericles came to besiege the city which did not surrender until 439 BC. During the Peloponnesian War, Samos was the main naval base athenian. In 411 BC, the Samians remained faithful to democracy after the Coup of the 400s in Athens. Rhodes, founded in 409 BC, will now be its greatest rival. When Athens fell, Sparta replaced it. In 390 BC, the Spartan fleet was captured by the Athenians. After the Peace of the Great King (Antalcidas), in 387 BC, the city found a certain prosperity. A second league was reconstituted in 378-377 BC, but in 365 BC, Thimothée seized Samos and replaced the inhabitants with a cleruchy (Athenian colony). Pythagoras was of Samian descent.
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