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v18_0092 - AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Statère

AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA Statère XF/AU
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 1 000.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
Realised price : 1 243.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 350.00 €
Type : Statère
Date: c. 350-338 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet. Petite faiblesse de fabrication au droit avec une usure superficielle sur la carapace de la tortue et un léger écrasement de la tête. A été frappé avec un coin rouillé au droit. Revers magnifique, de style fin avec une jolie patine de médaillier
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Feuardent, n° 6735

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tortue terrestre vue de dessus.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en cinq compartiments ; le troisième canton est orné d’un petit dauphin.
Reverse legend : A-IGI.

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Dewing (n° 1687). En particulier, cet exemplaire présente les mêmes défauts au niveau de la carapace de la tortue et confirme le fait que l’exemplaire a été frappé avec un coin rouillé.

Historical background


AEGINA - AEGINA ISLAND - AEGINA

(4th 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. After the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, it fell under Macedonian rule.

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