v36_0168 - IONIA - KOLOPHON Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 703.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 990.00 €
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 703.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 990.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 200-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Colophon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré au droit. Portrait de toute beauté pour ce type. Très joli revers de style fin. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Monnaies et Médailles Gmbh 27, n° 2040
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre sous les traits d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore trônant à gauche sur un siège à dossier, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche une lyre; monogramme à l’exergue.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ PA/ PAW
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, les pieds de trône sont ornés de deux petits sphinx tournés dos à dos. Nous ne distinguons qu’un seul monogramme à l’exergue du revers. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Museum (MP. 1866? pl. LIX) provenant du trésor de Pamphylie de 1977 et que celui de Kosseir 1949 (Seyrig 7 Kosseir, n° 16, pl. II).
On this example, the throne legs are decorated with two small sphinxes facing back to back. We can only distinguish a single monogram in the exergue on the reverse. Same obverse die as the example from the British Museum (MP. 1866? pl. LIX) from the Pamphylian treasure of 1977 and that of Kosseir 1949 (Seyrig 7 Kosseir, no. 16, pl. II)
On this example, the throne legs are decorated with two small sphinxes facing back to back. We can only distinguish a single monogram in the exergue on the reverse. Same obverse die as the example from the British Museum (MP. 1866? pl. LIX) from the Pamphylian treasure of 1977 and that of Kosseir 1949 (Seyrig 7 Kosseir, no. 16, pl. II)
Historical background
IONIA - KOLOPHON
(3rd - 2nd 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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