Live auction - bgr_972928 - IONIA - MILETUS Hecté en électrum
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Live starting : Type : Hecté en électrum
Date: c. 600-550 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 2,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Slab
NGC :
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Droit agréable. Fine usure régulière. Patine de collection
Predigree :
Exemplaire sous coque NGC VF (Strike 5/5, Surface 5/5)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lion couché à gauche, la tête tournée à droite, dans un cadre rectangulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux carré creux contenant respectivement des motifs floraux et stellaires.
Commentary
C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente !.
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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