bgr_681476 - IONIA - MILETUS Tetartemorion ou quarante-huitième de statère
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Type : Tetartemorion ou quarante-huitième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 5,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,18 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Oiseau (colombe) debout à gauche entre deux globules disposés en diagonale ; le tout dans un carré creux.
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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