v41_0181 - ATTICA - ATHENS Diobole
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 135.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 135.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 393-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Athènes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Très beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle sur la chouette. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier, orné de trois feuilles d'olivier et d'une palmette avec collier et boucles d'oreilles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse description : Deux corps de chouettes debout face à face, les ailes fermées réunies par une seule tête ; au-dessus, deux feuilles d’olivier ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : A/Q/E
Reverse translation : (Athènes).
Commentary
Divisionnaire inhabituelle. Ce type avec l’ethnique dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre semble beaucoup plus rare que l’autre, Svoronos, ne signalant qu’un seul exemplaire, pl. 13, n° 34 à 36 provenant du Staatlische Museen de Berlin (2,09 g).
Unusual divisional. This type with the ethnic in counterclockwise direction seems much rarer than the other, Svoronos, reporting only a single example, pl. 13, nos. 34 to 36 from the Staatlische Museen in Berlin (2.09 g)
Unusual divisional. This type with the ethnic in counterclockwise direction seems much rarer than the other, Svoronos, reporting only a single example, pl. 13, nos. 34 to 36 from the Staatlische Museen in Berlin (2.09 g)
Historical background
ATTICA - ATHENS
(393-323 BC)
After the fall of Athens in 404 BC and the establishment of the oligarchic government of the Thirty Tyrants under Spartan hegemony, the city lost its maritime empire, saw its fleet confiscated and the Long Walls dismantled. Democracy is restored the following year, but Athens withdraws into itself. Socrates is obliged to absorb the hemlock (399 AC.). Athens regains its place thanks to Conon. It relies first on the Persians, then allies with Thebes against Sparta (378 AC.). A new maritime confederation was formed the following year. The Spartans are defeated at Naxos (376 AC.). Athens signs peace with Sparta and turns against Thebes. From 357 BC, she had to face a revolt from her allies and the rise to power of Philip II of Macedonia, after taking Amphipolis. The Athenians are finally defeated at Chaeronea in 338 BC before falling under Macedonian rule.
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