E-auction 356-269439 - bgr_570383 - SICILY - SICILIAN ISLANDS - LIPARI Unité
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 18 € |
| Maximum bid : | 21 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 February 2020 14:02:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 44-36 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lipari, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,91 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan à l’usure très importante, identifiable
Catalogue references :
Laffaille- - BMC.81 - MIAMG.5457 (R2) (325€) - GC.1266- - ANS.- - Cop.- - CNS.- - HGCS. 2/1783 - RPC.626
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héphaistosà gauche, coiffée du pileus.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tenailles.
Reverse legend : [G MARKIOS/ LEU G AUSwNEUS/ DUO ANDR].
Reverse translation : (de Lipara).
Commentary
Le dieu tutélaire de Lipara est Hephaïstos (Vulcain), généralement barbu. C’est la phase finale du monnayage de Lipari.
Historical background
SICILY - SICILIAN ISLANDS - LIPARI
(4th - 3rd century BC)
Lipari is part of a series of seven islands of volcanic origin off Sicily 40 kilometers away which includes among others Stromboli. Identified with Aeolus, god of the winds, it is one of the Aeolian Islands. A legend has it that its islands are the lair of EphaIstos (Vulcan) god of the underworld. It would also have been the place where the Cyclops lived. Colonized by the Greeks during the 5th century BC to protect Sicily from Carthaginian invasions. Lipari was finally captured by the Carthaginians in 288 BC. The Romans seized it during the First Punic War in 251 BC. The islands remained disputed until the end of the Second Punic War (218 -201 BC). The island enjoyed some prosperity under Augustus.
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