bgr_571470 - IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère
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Price : 300.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Douzième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 1,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré des deux côtés. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen
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 : Étoile à quatre rais, richement ornementée ; le tout dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Au revers l’étoile est stylisée. Le type avec le lion à gauche semble moins courant.
On the reverse the star is stylized. The type with the lion on the left seems less common
On the reverse the star is stylized. The type with the lion on the left seems less common
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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