Live auction - bgr_1074952 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - COS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 March 2026 14:21:54 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 366-320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carie, Cos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Slab
NGC :
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Très beau crabe de haut relief. Portrait finement détaillé. Patine grise
Predigree :
Exemplaire sous coque NGC Ch XF (Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, brushed)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Héraklès à gauche coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Crabe vu de face au-dessus d’une massue posée horizontalement ; le tout dans un carré creux pointillé.
Reverse legend : KWION// ALKIMACOS
Reverse translation : (de Cos/ Alkimaxos).
Commentary
Magistrat : Alkimaxos.
Magistrate: Alkimaxos
Magistrate: Alkimaxos
Historical background
CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - COS
(4th century BC)
Cos was originally a Dorian colony from Epidaurus which brought the cult of Asklepios to the island. It is the homeland of Hippocrates, the founder of medicine. Cos was part of the League of Delos and paid tribute to Athens. The founding of a new symmachic capital in 366 BC revived the economic activity which was to last until the Macedonian conquest. Rival of Rhodes and Halicarnassus, the island lost its importance after 333 BC After the death of Alexander the Great, it fell under the domination of Ptolemy. The latter stayed on the island in 309 BC with his wife Berenice and it was there that Ptolemy II Philadelphus was born..
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