bgr_494459 - IONIA - MILETUS Douzième de statère
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Price : 135.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 135.00 €
Type : Douzième de statère
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 1,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Petite faiblesse de frappe au droit sur le lion. Joli revers. 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 : 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 du lion est bien visible. Au revers l’étoile est stylisée. Le type avec le lion à gauche semble moins courant.
The lion's head is more elongated with the mane clearly visible. The lion's tongue is clearly visible. On the reverse the star is stylized. The type with the lion on the left seems less common
The lion's head is more elongated with the mane clearly visible. The lion's tongue is clearly visible. 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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