bgr_434934 - AEOLIS - AEGAE Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 135.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 135.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Aegae, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,01 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffé du casque corinthien à cimier, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké (la Victoire) drapée debout à gauche, brandissant une couronne de la main droite tendue et une palme de la main gauche, accostée de chaque côté d’un monogramme.
Reverse legend : AIGAEWN/ (MI) - (PAU)
Reverse translation : (d’Aegae).
Commentary
Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
This type actually seems rarer than general literature suggests. This is the first time we are offering it for sale.
This type actually seems rarer than general literature suggests. This is the first time we are offering it for sale.
Historical background
AEOLIS - AEGAE
(2nd century BC)
Aegae appears in history for coinage in the 3rd century BC. The city was located at the foot of the mountains inland on the Pythikos River. The remains of the city were excavated in the 19th century and temples, a theatre, a stadium, a market, a bouleuterion and a necropolis were discovered there. the city although cited by Herodotus (I, 149) never had a political or economic role. The city does not seem to have belonged to the League of Delos. It is still named by Polybius. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 17 AD and restored by Tiberius.
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