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Price : 850.00 €
Type : Hecté
Date: c. 451 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Belle tête au droit. Joli revers. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête masculine barbue à droite, coiffée de la tainia.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux têtes de béliers affrontés surmonté d’un motif central dans un carré creux .
Commentary
Sixième de statère en électrum. Semble de même coin que l’exemplaire de la collection McClean (n° 7969) Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge).
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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