E-auction 105-55538 - bgr_343366 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Demi-unité
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 180 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 April 2015 18:05:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 190-133 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pergame, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulzir, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très jolie tête d’Asklépios. Beau revers inhabituel. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Asklépios (Esculape) à GAUCHE.
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent d’Asklépios enroulé autour d’un bâton (kerykeion) ; lettre grecque dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : G.
Commentary
Au revers le bâton avec le serpent enroulé autour est l’épisème d’Asklépios avant qu’il ne se voit attribuer définitivement le caducée de son père Hermès. Ce type était parfois attribué à Cos (Carie). Droit et revers se rapportent au dieu de la médecine.
Historical background
MYSIA - PERGAMON
(190-133 BC)
Pergame, located about twenty kilometers from the Mysian coast was in a fertile region. The city experienced a period of splendor under the energetic domination of the Attalids. Pergamos had been the place where the eunuch Philetario kept the treasure of Lysimachus, composed of more than 9,000 talents (more than 200 tons of metal). Philetario first betrays Lysimachus for Seleucus, before proclaiming himself independent, keeping the jackpot for his own account, the origin of the proverbial prosperity of Pergame. The new kingdom would experience significant economic prosperity after the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. By dying in 133 BC, Attalus III bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans who created the province of Asia with Pergamum for capital. The city was famous for its library and its sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius.
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