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E-auction 564-502610 - bgr_895701 - IONIA - MILETUS Tétradrachme

IONIA - MILETUS Tétradrachme VF
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Estimate : 200 €
Price : 52 €
Maximum bid : 55 €
End of the sale : 05 February 2024 14:06:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 210-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre sous les traits d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus aétophore trônant à gauche sur un siège à dossier, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche une étoile au-dessus d'un lion tournant la tête et le monogramme MI ; derrière le siège, deux monogrammes posés verticalement.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ (MI)/ (NE).

Historical background


IONIA - MILETUS

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Civic coinage in the name and type of Alexander III

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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