Live auction - bgr_943359 - CRETE - GORTYNA Drachme
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| Estimate : | 580 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 14:22:59 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 150-67 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gortyne, Crète
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau portrait ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et diadémée de Zeus ou de Minos à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Héro (Gortys) nu debout à gauche, tourné de face, tenant de la main droite un bouclier et de la gauche, une javeline transversale ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : GORTU/ NIWN
Reverse translation : (de Gortyne).
Commentary
Un seul exemplaire signalé dans l’ouvrage de Svoronos, Numismatique de la Crète ancienne, celui du musée de Vienne.
Only one example reported in the work of Svoronos, Numismatics of Ancient Crete, that of the Vienna museum
Only one example reported in the work of Svoronos, Numismatics of Ancient Crete, that of the Vienna museum
Historical background
CRETE - GORTYNA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Gortyn, the second city of Crete, is in the center of the fertile Mesara plain. Its coinage begins around 450 BC. It alludes to the abduction of Europa by Zeus, transformed in this case into a bull to escape the jealousy of Hera and conquer the nymph of which he had, among other , Minos. After a brilliant period of economic development in the 4th and 3rd centuries, the island of Crete fell under Lagide influence. Economic stake for two centuries in the Eastern Mediterranean, victim of acts of piracy, after a long period of political decadence, Gortyne was taken by the Romans during the invasion of Crete in 67-66 BC.
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