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E-auction 254-177353 - bgr_287290 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Unité

MYSIA - PERGAMON Unité AU
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Estimate : 175 €
Price : 48 €
Maximum bid : 59 €
End of the sale : 26 February 2018 14:00:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 310-284 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pergame, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait magnifique minuscule. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Schulten d’octobre 1988

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna (Minerve) à droite, coiffée du casque attique timbré d’une étoile.

Reverse


Reverse description : Deux étoiles à six rais.
Reverse legend : PERG/ Q
Reverse translation : (Pergame).

Commentary


Seuls deux exemplaires sont conservés au Cabinet des médailles de la BNF (SNG. France 5, n° 1587-1588, pl. 79) avec des poids très différents, 1,17 g et 0,77 g et au moins deux millimètres de diamètre. Notre exemplaire est plus proche du second exemplaire.

Historical background


MYSIA - PERGAMON

(310-284 BC)

Pergame, located about twenty kilometers from the Mysian coast was in a fertile region, the Caicos Valley. Founded at an unknown date, it gained importance from Alexander III the Great. The city experienced a period of splendor under the energetic domination of the Attalids.

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