v57_0126 - ATTICA - ATHENS Obole
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 313.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 375.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 313.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 375.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 393-323 AC.
Mint name / Town : Athènes, Attique
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Athéna. Chouette fine et élancée. 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 description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; derrière, une branche d'olivier et un croissant ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.
Reverse legend : AQE
Reverse translation : (Athènes).
Commentary
L’œil n’est plus traité en amande étiré. Les feuilles d’olivier du casque sont normales. Au revers, la chouette est petite et fine, les plumes ne descendent pas jusqu’aux serres de l’animal. Le carré creux n’est pas marqué. Dans le Svoronos, ce type d’obole est placé au IIIe siècle avant J.-C..
The eye is no longer treated as a stretched almond. The olive leaves of the helmet are normal. On the reverse, the owl is small and thin; the feathers do not extend down to the animal's talons. The hollow square is not marked. In the Svoronos, this type of obol is placed in the 3rd century BC.
The eye is no longer treated as a stretched almond. The olive leaves of the helmet are normal. On the reverse, the owl is small and thin; the feathers do not extend down to the animal's talons. The hollow square is not marked. In the Svoronos, this type of obol is placed in the 3rd century BC.
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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