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bgr_524868 - IONIA - ERYTHRAI Drachme

IONIA - ERYTHRAI Drachme XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 330-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Érythrées, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté nouée sous le cou.

Reverse


Reverse description : Massue posée verticalement et goryte (arc et carquois) ; dans le champ à gauche, une petite chouette debout à gauche.
Reverse legend : ERU/ PELOPIDHS.
Reverse translation : (Érythrées, Pélopidès).

Commentary


Nous avons une série très importante de drachmes venant compléter la série des tétradrachmes d’étalon rhodien.

Historical background


IONIA - ERYTHRAI

(4th - 2nd century BC)

Eritrea was located on the very indented coast of Ionia opposite the island of Chios and opposite Clazomene. The city was renowned for its temple of Herakles and Athena Polias. The coinage is one of the oldest in Asia Minor and the city experienced significant commercial prosperity. The city received autonomy after the Battle of Magnesia. During the first war against Rome, the city supported Mithridates VI of Pontus, like its neighbor Ephesus. The city had an important coinage in the imperial period between Augustus and Gallien.

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