bgr_613376 - CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS Drachme

CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS Drachme AU

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Price : 550.00 €

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 360 AC

Mint name / Town : Halicarnasse, Carie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 14 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,63 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan court, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Apollon ainsi qu’un joli revers. Patine grise de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC.9 - Aulock263 - GC.4956 (160£) - B. traité100 pl.90/9 - Cop.591 - Kayhan879 - P.- - EKC.276

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon de trois quarts de face à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Zeus Labraundos marchant à droite, tenant de la main droite le labrys et de la gauche une javeline renversée ; E sous les pieds.

Reverse legend : MAUSSOLLO.

Reverse translation : (de Mausole).

Historical background

CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS

(377-353 BC)

Hekatomnos (395-377 AC.) was satrap of Caria and took part in the second war in Asia Minor. His son Mausolus (377-353 AC.), who succeeded him, is much better known for the mausoleum that his widow, Artemisia, had built for him in order to perpetuate his memory and which was one of the seven wonders of the world. It was Hidrieus, the second son of Hekatomnos who succeeded him and continued the coinage established by his brother at Halicarnassus.

CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS Drachme AU

550.00 €

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