v47_0086 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Statère
MONNAIES 47 (2011)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 820.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 820.00 €
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 820.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 820.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 12,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec une petite contremarque sur la carapace lisse. Très beau carré creux en éventail. Très belle patine collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tortue marine vue de dessus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en six compartiments.
Commentary
Petite contremarque sur le haut de la carapace lisse. Au revers, graffiti dans la partie lisse du carré creux segmenté (Z).
Small countermark on the top of the smooth shell. On the reverse, graffiti in the smooth part of the segmented hollow square (Z)
Small countermark on the top of the smooth shell. On the reverse, graffiti in the smooth part of the segmented hollow square (Z)
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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