bgr_407433 - IONIA - MILETUS Tetartemorion
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Price : 165.00 €
Type : Tetartemorion
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 6,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré, un peu court au droit sur le protomé de lion. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Oiseau (colombe) debout à droite entre deux globules disposés en diagonale ; le tout dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Aucune liaison de coin pertinente ne peut être mise en avant.
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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