Live auction - bgr_696656 - IONIA - MILETUS Tetartemorion ou quarante-huitième de statère
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Live starting : Type : Tetartemorion ou quarante-huitième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 5,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,16 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli lion. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Oiseau (colombe) debout à gauche ; le tout 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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