bgr_289578 - AIOLIS - LESBOS ISLAND - MYTILENE Hecté
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 620.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 620.00 €
Type : Hecté
Date: c. 406 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mytilène, Éolide
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré, un peu court au droit sur la barbe d’Arès. Très belle tête de Koré au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Arès barbu à droite, le casque orné d’un griffon ailé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Buste drapé de Koré à droite, les cheveux relevés dans un petit chignon dans un carré linéaire.
Commentary
L’électrum est un alliage d’or et d’argent. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection Weber (n° 5629).
Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver. Same dies as the example in the Weber collection (no. 5629)
Electrum is an alloy of gold and silver. Same dies as the example in the Weber collection (no. 5629)
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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