v36_0503 - LYDIA - SAÏTTA Unité
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 180-192
Mint name / Town : Saïtta, Lydie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan régulier. Beau portrait inhabituel au droit. Joli revers complet. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Zeus Patrios (O’).
Obverse legend : ZEUS PA-TRIOS
Obverse translation : (Zeus Patrios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à droite, tenant une lyre de la main gauche et le plectrum de la main droite.
Reverse legend : EPI ARTEMIDW-ROU ARC-A SAIT(TH)/NW-N
Reverse translation : (du premier archonte Artemidoroy de Saitta).
Commentary
Notre exemplaire est très proche de celui du British Museum (BMC. , pl. XXIII, n° 2).
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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