bgr_463908 - IONIA - MILETUS Quarante-huitième de statère ou tartemorion
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Price : 160.00 €
Type : Quarante-huitième de statère ou tartemorion
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 6 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion à gauche avec la crinière, la gueule ouverte, la langue pendante.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Oiseau (colombe) debout à gauche entre deux globules.
Commentary
L’une des plus petites monnaies divisionnaires du monde grec. L’oiseau n’est pas déterminé. Nous proposons d’y voir une colombe.
One of the smallest fractional coins from the Greek world. The bird is not identified. We suggest seeing it as a dove.
One of the smallest fractional coins from the Greek world. The bird is not identified. We suggest seeing it as a dove.
Historical background
IONIA - MILETUS
(6th - 5th 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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