bgr_768455 - IONIA - PHOKAIA Unité
145.00 €(Approx. 152.25$ | 120.35£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Phocée, Ionie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan centré, à l’usure plus marquée au revers qu’au droit. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête féminine à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de griffon à gauche.
Commentary
C’est la deuxième fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
IONIA - PHOKAIA
(6th - 4th century BC)
Phocaea was located seventy kilometers northwest of Smyrna on the coast, on the border of Aeolid, opposite the peninsula of Ionia. Phocaea was one of the first cities in Asia Minor to mint coins in the second half of the 7th century or the first half of the 6th century BC. The city, whose eponymous symbol was the seal, minted a large electrum mint. The Phocaic stallion shone throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. The city fell under Persian domination in 545 BC After the revolt of Ionia in 499 BC and its terrible repression five years later, Phocaea lost much of its importance. At the end of the 5th century BC it contracted with Mytilene, located in the island of Lesbos, a monetary alliance which was to last until the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor..
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