v23_0104 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté ou sixième de statère
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Hecté ou sixième de statère
Date: c. 354 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, légèrement décentré au droit à la base du menton. Très joli revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Feuardent, n° 3446 (350 francs Poincaré)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête voilée de Déméter à droite couronnée d’épis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Trépied delphien dans un carré linéaire.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Museum (n° 119). Même coin de revers que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society.
Same obverse die as the British Museum copy (no. 119). Same reverse die as the American Numismatic Society copy.
Same obverse die as the British Museum copy (no. 119). Same reverse die as the American Numismatic Society copy.
Historical background
AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE
(5th - 4th century BC)
The island of Lesbos is located opposite the western coast of Asia Minor, at the entrance to the Gulf of Adramyteion at the mouth of the Hellespont. Mytilene, located on the eastern part of the island facing the mainland, was the main city. Its important electrum coinage would begin at the end of the 6th century or in the first years of the 5th century BC. The standard used is the phocaic with a stater of approximately 16.32 g. This electrum coinage ceased after the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor around 330 BC..
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