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E-auction 151-89541 - bgr_371342 - IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère

IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère VF
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 46 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 07 March 2016 14:01:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Douzième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Milet
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Weight : 1,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan globulaire, court au droit sur le mufle de lion. Fleur de style archaïque. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protomé de lion à droite 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


La tête du lion est plus allongée avec la crinière bien visible. La langue de l’animal est visible.

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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