bgr_810774 - IONIA - PRIENE Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 150-125 AC.
Mint name / Town : Priène, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier, centré. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna, casquée, à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout de face sur une amphore ; le tout dans une couronne.
Reverse legend : PRIH/ EUMEROS
Reverse translation : (Priène).
Historical background
IONIA - PRIENE
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Priene, located south of Ephesus was located at the foot of Mount Mycale, facing south at Miletus about twenty miles from the gulf. The city had belonged to the alliance of the twelve Ionian cities in the archaic period. The city was famous for its temple dedicated to Athena Polias of Priene which was dedicated by Alexander the Great himself in 334 BC. Priene was an important city in Hellenistic and Roman times..
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