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Live auction - bgr_781077 - AIOLIS - MYRINA Tétradrachme stéphanophore

AIOLIS - MYRINA Tétradrachme stéphanophore MS
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Estimate : 3 000 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 06 December 2022 14:24:44
Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore
Date: c. 150-140 AC.
Mint name / Town : Myrhina, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large, idéalement centré. Revers finement détaillé. Très beau portrait d’Apollon avec un plat dans la chevelure. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Apollon Grynion laurée et diadémée à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur le cou ; les mèches sont bien séparées.

Reverse


Reverse description : Apollon marchant à droite, tenant de la main droite un phiale, sacrifiant, et de la gauche une branche de laurier à laquelle sont suspendues deux bandelettes ; à ses pieds à droite, l'omphalos et une amphore ; dans le champ à gauche, monogramme ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse legend : MURINAIWN/ (MRE) (DUE) (MQ).
Reverse translation : (de Myrhina).

Historical background


AIOLIS - MYRINA

(2nd century BC)

Myrhina, located northeast of Cyme, eclipsed by its powerful neighbor only appears in the Hellenistic period. Coinage would begin around 300 BC. The city was famous for the worship of Apollo Grynion. But the symbol of the city seems to have been the amphora which is placed at the feet of Apollo.

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