bgr_497063 - SICILY - SICILIAN ISLANDS - LIPARI Tetras
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Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Tetras
Date: c. 412-405 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lipari, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,16 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante mais régulière. La monnaie reste bien lisible. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Héphaïstos nu assis à droite sur siège, tenant un marteau de la main droite et un canthare de la main gauche ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Neuf lettres grecques en plein champ ; au centre trois globules posés en triangle ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse legend : LIPARAION.
Reverse translation : (de Lipara).
Commentary
Série légère.
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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