v18_0111 - CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS Drachme

CARIA - SATRAPS OF CARIA - MAUSOLUS Drachme XF

MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 283.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 520.00 €

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 360 AC.

Mint name / Town : Halicarnasse

Metal : silver

Diameter : 14 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,64 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan un peu court au droit avec un beau portrait. Léger écrasement du nez. Revers de style très fin à l’usure régulière avec une patine foncée

Catalogue references :

BMC.12 - GC.4957 (160£) - Aulock2361

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon vu 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.

Reverse legend : MAUSSWLLO.

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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