v11_0123 - PHRYGIA - APAMEIA Unité, (MB, Æ 24)
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: c. 133-48 AC.
Mint name / Town : Phrygie, Apamée
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un petit flan. Jolie patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d'Athéna 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]// ANTIFWN// MENEKLEOUS
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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