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Live auction - bgr_413632 - IONIA - METROPOLIS Unité

IONIA - METROPOLIS Unité AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 145 €
Maximum bid : 183 €
End of the sale : 31 January 2017 14:15:33
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Unité
Date: c. 120-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Métropolis, Ionie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court sur la fin de la légende au revers. Belle tête de Tyché. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna debout à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien, vêtue militairement, tenant de la main droite une longue javeline, la main gauche reposant sur un bouclier posé au sol ; derrière monogramme de Miletopolis.
Reverse legend : DIOGENH[S].
Reverse translation : (Diogène).

Commentary


Magistrat : 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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