E-auction 197-126979 - bgr_286733 - PHRYGIA - APAMEIA Unité
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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 51 € |
| Maximum bid : | 65 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2017 14:01:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 88-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Apamée, Phrygie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,72 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court au revers sur la légende. Beau petit portrait d’Athénaà l’usure régulière . Très joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine vert olive clair
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d'Athéna (Artémis) à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à aigrette avec l'égide visible sur la poitrine.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle volant à droite, les ailes déployées, surmonté d'une étoile, entre les deux astres surmontant les bonnets des Dioscures ; sous les serres de l'aigle, un méandre.
Reverse legend : APAMEW[N]// ATTALOU/ [BIANOROS].
Reverse translation : (d’Apamée/ Attale/ Bianoros).
Commentary
Poids léger. Nous avons plusieurs monétaires pour cette série importante du monnayage d’Apamée.
Historical background
PHRYGIA - APAMEIA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Apamea, located at the crossroads of several important roads in Asia Minor, was founded by Antiochus I (280-261 BC), in memory of his mother, Apama, the wife of Seleucus Nicator, the founder of the dynasty. Seleucid. The city was located near the source of the Meander. After the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC, the city came under Attalid rule and followed the fate of the Kingdom of Pergamum. After 133 BC, it was part of the Roman province of Asia.
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