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bgr_1095288 - IONIA - MILETUS Drachme

IONIA - MILETUS Drachme AU/AU
650.00 €(Approx. 773.50$ | 565.50£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 259-246 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,31 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Superbe portrait d’Apollon, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 65, lot n° 376

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à gauche d'Apollon Didyméen, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse


Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME MI.
Reverse description : Lion passant à gauche, détournant la tête à droite ; au-dessus, astre à huit rais ; nom de magistrat à l’exergue.
Reverse legend : ALKWN/ / (MI)/ T
Reverse translation : (Alkon/ Milet).

Historical background


IONIA - MILETUS

(4th century BC)

Miletus, founded in the 12th century BC, had been the seat of the Ionian Confederation. During the War of Liberation, it was crushed in 494 BC. Its cult of Apollo was renowned throughout Asia Minor. Its settlers founded, among others, the colonies of Abydos, Cyzicus, Sinope and Panticapaeum.

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