v49_0219 - TROAS - ASSOS Unité, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 170.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 110.00 €
Estimate : 170.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: c. 320-241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Troade, Assos
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 7,85 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Athéna. Joli revers. Patine vert olive foncé marbrée de rouge
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (1994)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique avec cimier orné d’une feuille d’olivier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Griffon bondissant à gauche.
Reverse legend : ASSI
Commentary
Il faut abaisser la chronologie de ce type de bronze qui était précédemment daté depuis 400 avant J.-C..
Historical background
TROAS - ASSOS
(5th - 3rd century BC)
The city of Assos was located on the Gulf of Adramytion west of Antandros, opposite the island of Lesbos. Founded in the 7th century by lesbian settlers, it successively came under Lydian and then Persian domination. After the Persian Wars, it joined the Delos League and became a tributary of Athens. The city reached its peak in the 4th century BC under the direction of Eubulus, then of the philosopher Hermias, who brought Aristotle there in 347 BC. The city was incorporated into the kingdom of Pergamum in 241 BC before becoming part of the province of Asia after 133 BC.
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