Live auction - bgr_715892 - MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA Unité
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 1 050 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 14:02:35 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 180-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Malte, Mélita
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant une jolie tête d’Isis. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Isis à gauche coiffée de la couronne isiaque (uraeus) à gauche ; devant un épi de blé.
Obverse legend : MELITWN.
Obverse translation : (de Melita).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Personnage ailé agenouillé à gauche (Osiris), coiffé du pschent (double couronne égyptienne), tenant un fléau et un sceptre.
Commentary
Sujets inhabituels et particuliers. Contremarque au droit.
Historical background
MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Malta, is located in the center of the Mediterranean and was a port of call for the Phoenicians who settled on the island around 725 BC. Then the Greeks also came to settle on the island between the 7th and the 5th century BC In 480 BC, the island came under Carthaginian rule. The island came under Roman domination during the Second Punic War in 218 BC. But Melita, located in the center of the Mediterranean halfway between Africa and Europe, continued to undergo the multiple influences of different peoples who come to trade in its ports.
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