E-auction 24-6954 - bgr_262621 - IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 77 € |
| Maximum bid : | 146 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 September 2013 15:01:30 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Douzième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,50 mm
Weight : 1,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, centré des deux côtés. Très joli droit, un peu court en bordure inférieure de flan. Très beau revers, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion à droite avec la crinière, la gueule ouverte, la langue pendante.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Étoile à quatre rais, richement ornementée ; le tout dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Poids léger. La tête du lion est plus allongée avec la crinière bien visible.
Historical background
IONIA - MILETUS
(6th - 5th 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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