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bgr_389349 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté

AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté VF/XF
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Price : 380.00 €
Type : Hecté
Date: c. 433 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,54 g.
Rarity : R2

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête juvénile cornue d’Actaion à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de Gorgone de face dans un carré creux linéaire.

Commentary


L’électrum est un alliage d’or et d’argent. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de Berlin.

Historical background


AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE

(5th - 4th century BC)

The island of Lesbos is located opposite the western coast of Asia Minor, at the entrance to the Gulf of Adramyteion at the mouth of the Hellespont. Mytilene, located on the eastern part of the island facing the mainland, was the main city. Its important electrum coinage would begin at the end of the 6th century or in the first years of the 5th century BC. The standard used is the phocaic with a stater of approximately 16.32 g. This electrum coinage ceased after the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor around 330 BC..

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