bpv_960712 - LYDIA - SAÏTTA Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 138-192
Mint name / Town : Saïtta, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Tyché à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon debout à gauche tenant une branche de laurier et un carquois.
Reverse legend : SAITTHNWN
Reverse translation : (de Saïtta).
Commentary
Monnayage civique frappé sous les Antonins.
Historical background
LYDIA - SAÏTTA
(3rd century AD)
Saïtta is associated with the modern Sidas Kale, in the valley of the Hyllus (Ilgi-Chai), a tributary of the Hermus. This river had its source near Mount Temnus after receiving the waters of the Lycus and before flowing into those of the Hermus a few kilometers before Magnesia of Sipylus. The coins of the city indicate two rivers The Hyllos which changed its name under Eumenes II to become the Phrygius and later still the Glaucus. The city had an important coinage between Marc Aurèle and Gallien.
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