v23_0107 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté ou sixième de statère
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Hecté ou sixième de statère
Date: c. 336 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits. Flan légèrement taché au revers. Minuscule petit buste complet dans son carré linéaire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XI, 21 janvier 2002, n° 119
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de Koré ou d’Artémis à droite, les cheveux tenus dans un sphendone ; le tout, dans un carré linéaire.
Commentary
Dans MONNAIES XI, le portrait d’Apollon avait été interprété comme un buste de Dionysos (Bod. 81). Nous n’avons pas de couronne de vigne, mais bien une couronne laurée. Cet exemplaire se caractérise par l’absence du petit serpent au droit ou au revers.
In COINS XI, the portrait of Apollo had been interpreted as a bust of Dionysus (Bod. 81). We do not have a vine wreath, but rather a laureate crown. This example is characterized by the absence of the small snake on the obverse or reverse
In COINS XI, the portrait of Apollo had been interpreted as a bust of Dionysus (Bod. 81). We do not have a vine wreath, but rather a laureate crown. This example is characterized by the absence of the small snake on the obverse or reverse
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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