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bgr_666534 - IONIA - MILETUS Seizième de statère

IONIA - MILETUS Seizième de statère XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Seizième de statère
Date: c. 550-450 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Weight : 0,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Kayhan455  - Rosen579

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de lion de face.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Motif stellaire dans un carré creux.

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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