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bgr_434848 - IONIA - KOLOPHON Hemidrachme

IONIA - KOLOPHON Hemidrachme AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 375-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Colophon, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, parfaitement centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers. Tête d’Apollon de toute beauté au droit. Frappe faible et molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Aulock-  - B. traité1920  - GC.4348 var. - BMC.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Apollon Clarios à gauche, les cheveux courts.

Reverse

Reverse description : Trépied delphien.
Reverse legend : [KOLOF]/ STRA[TWN].
Reverse translation : (Colophon/ Straton).

Commentary

Magistrat : Straton. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.

Historical background

IONIA - KOLOPHON

(4th century BC)

Colophon was located on the banks of the Halès and the Calaon, set back from the sea, equidistant between Teos and Ephesus. The city was said to have been founded by Andremon de Pylos, whose tomb was nearby. Gyges, king of Lydia, seized Colophon in the 6th century BC. It then came under Persian rule, was part of the Ionian revolt and was ravaged by the Persians. She entered the league of Delos under the Athenian domination from its foundation. It seems to have suffered the fate of the cities of Ionia which were tossed between Athens and Sparta between 413 and 387 BC. The city of Colophon was destroyed by Lysimachus in 299 BC and the inhabitants settled then to Notion, the port of Colophon.

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