bgr_452419 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Statère
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Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 445-430 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 12,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier à l’usure très importante, identifiable. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de GN et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tortue terrestre vue de dessus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en cinq compartiments.
Commentary
La fabrication des “tortues” s’interrompit quant Athènes occupa Égine à partir de 431 avant J.-C. Quand la cité fut libérée en 404 avant J.-C., elle recouvra sa liberté et reprit la fabrication.
The manufacture of “turtles” was interrupted when Athens occupied Aegina from 431 BC. When the city was liberated in 404 BC, it regained its freedom and resumed manufacture.
The manufacture of “turtles” was interrupted when Athens occupied Aegina from 431 BC. When the city was liberated in 404 BC, it regained its freedom and resumed manufacture.
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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