bgr_1017883 - IONIA - METROPOLIS Unité
70.00 €(Approx. 79.80$ | 59.50£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 120-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métropolis, Ionie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna debout à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien, vêtue militairement, tenant de la main droite une longue javeline, la main gauche reposant sur un bouclier posé au sol ; derrière monogramme de Miletopolis.
Reverse legend : DIOGENHS
Reverse translation : (Diogène).
Commentary
Magistrat : Diogène.
Historical background
IONIA - METROPOLIS
(1st century BC)
Metropolis, placed between Ephesus and Smyrna from north to south and between Colophon and Larissa from west to east, is not known before the first century BC. Its coinage during the imperial period was important between Augustus and Salonina. There is also an alliance coinage with Ephesus.
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