Live auction - bgr_340738 - MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Tétradrachme stéphanophore
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| Estimate : | 3 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 14:16:15 |
Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore
Date: c. 175 AC
Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,35 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier avec des petites marques sur la tranche. Beau portrait. Un petit coup sur la joue. Revers bien centré avec une jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets gris métallique doré
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la VSO Poindessault du 30 mars 1989 (25.000FF), n° 46, de MONNAIES VIII, n° 55 et de MONNAIES 34, n° 183. Certificat d’exportation
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de femme à droite (Koré ou Apollonis ?).
Reverse
Reverse description : Torche allumée couchée à gauche, accostée de deux monogrammes ; le tout dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse legend : KUXI//KHNWN// (ITK)// (MITRK).
Reverse translation : (des Cyzicènes).
Commentary
Trace de cassure de coin perceptible au droit devant le cou.
Historical background
MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS
(3rd century BC)
Cyzicus, a colony of Miletus founded in the 8th century BC, is placed on the Propontis on the island of Arktonnesos. Its political and economic situation was preponderant between Pont-Euxin and the Aegean Sea by controlling the Propontis at the outlet of the Hellespont. Coinage began at the end of the 7th century BC. An important coinage of electrum was minted between 600 and 330 BC with the tuna as its symbol. The coinage with the portrait of Koré began around 390 BC and ended with the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor. The city was supposed to be the place where Persephone was abducted by Hades. The lion on the reverse was to be dedicated to Apollo, considered the father of the city's founder..
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