bgr_493657 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Statère
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 457-456 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale décentré des deux côtés. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente CNG Eauction 226, 2010, n° 205
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tortue marine à carapace légèrement échancrée et ornée de globules disposés horizontalement de chaque côté d’une ligne médiane.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en cinq compartiments.
Commentary
Le style du carré creux est épais au revers et ressemble plus aux carrés creux des premières tortues terrestres. Émission très rare (Meadows, groupe IIIa) avec la carapace ponctuée d’écailles en forme de T (tortue marine).
The hollow square style is thick on the reverse and more closely resembles the hollow squares of early land turtles. Very rare issue (Meadows, Group IIIa) with the carapace dotted with T-shaped scales (sea turtle)
The hollow square style is thick on the reverse and more closely resembles the hollow squares of early land turtles. Very rare issue (Meadows, Group IIIa) with the carapace dotted with T-shaped scales (sea turtle)
Historical background
AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA
(6th - 5th century BC)
The city of Aegina is located on the island of the same name. It is placed equidistant between Athens and the coast of Argolis. It was in Aegina that the first coins of the West were minted in the 6th century BC. Its geographical and economic situation was to make it a commercial place of primary importance at the crossroads between Euboea, Athens, Corinth and the Peloponnese. The Aeginetic Stallion (from Aegina) quickly spread throughout the Aegean Sea, Greece, Crete and part of Asia Minor. Coinage does not seem to have started before the second half of the 6th century BC. Unfortunately, after the Persian Wars, the city found itself eclipsed by Athens, which captured it in 457 BC. The Aeginetans were driven out by the Athenians. Aegina regained its freedom only after the fall of Athens, but it had definitely lost its economic power..
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