bgr_344285 - IONIA - MILETUS Vingt-quatrième de statère en électrum
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Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Vingt-quatrième de statère en électrum
Date: c. 500 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet ou Samos, Ionie
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 5 mm
Weight : 0,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan bien centré des deux côtés, visible et identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Masque de lion de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Scorpion vu de face.
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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