bgr_668249 - LYDIA - TRALLES Cistophore
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Type : Cistophore
Date: c. 155-145 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tralles, Lydie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Usure régulière. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Ciste mystique de laquelle s'échappe un serpent ; le tout dans une couronne dionysiaque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Arc et goryte orné d'un aplustre entre deux serpents ; dans le champ à droite, buste barbu de Zeus Larasios avec une torche sur l’épaule.
Reverse legend : TRAL.
Reverse translation : (Tralles).
Historical background
LYDIA - TRALLES
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Tralles was situated on a plateau dominating the valley of the lower Meander. The city was important and prosperous thanks to its surrounding fertile plains. She took the name of Seleucia for a moment. After the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC it passed from Seleucid domination to that of the kings of Pergamon with the rest of Lydia. It had an important cistophoric coinage. On the death of Attalus III, the city was attached to the new province of Asia and experienced significant development in Roman times thanks to the cult of Zeus Larasios.
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