E-auction 107-56744 - bgr_350903 - CILICIA - ELAIUSSA Unité

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	32 €
Maximum bid :	37 €
End of the sale :	04 May 2015 15:02:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Unité

Date: c. 90-63 AC.

Mint name / Town : Elaiussa, Cilicie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,19 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Zeus. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

GIC.5680 var - SNG France 2/- - Levante-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête de Zeus à droite, coiffé de la Tainia.

Obverse legend : KI.

Reverse

Reverse description : Niké (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes.

Reverse legend : ELA-IOUSIWN/ (NK)/ (NE).

Reverse translation : (d’Elaiusion.

Commentary

La combinaison des lettres au revers manque aux principaux recueils. L’émission semble avoir été très importante au regard du nombre de monogrammes différents recensés.

Historical background

CILICIA - ELAIUSSA

(1st century BC)

Elaeusa or Elaiussa was in antiquity a small island, not far from the Cilician coast since it is now joined to the mainland, not very far from Corycus (HN. p.734). The city changed its name to become Sebaste, today Ayash. Between 18/7 BC. AD and 5/6 AD., Elaiussa was the monetary workshop of the king of Cappadocia Archelaus Philopatris Ktistes (36 BC-17 AD) where he minted drachmas and bronzes . Some coins retained the old name of the city while others saw the name of Elaiussa, substituted for that of Sebaste. Sebaste was still used as a workshop by Antiochus IV of Commagene and Iotape (38-74).