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bgr_262484 - IONIA - METROPOLIS Unité

IONIA - METROPOLIS Unité AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 100-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métropolis, Ionie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Laffaille-  - Cop.904  - Aulock-  - BMC.-  - GC.4497 var
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IX, n° 99 (2001) et de la collection du Dr.Charles Haas

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffé du casque attique.

Reverse

Reverse description : Foudre ailé surmonté du monogramme de Métropolis.
Reverse legend : [D]IOGENHS.
Reverse translation : (Diogène).

Commentary

Monétaire Diogène.

Historical background

IONIA - METROPOLIS

(1st century BC)

Metropolis, placed between Ephesus and Smyrna from north to south and between Colophon and Larissa from west to east, is not known before the first century BC. Its coinage during the imperial period was important between Augustus and Salonina. There is also an alliance coinage with Ephesus.

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