bgr_649079 - IONIA - MILETUS Unité
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Price : 80.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Milet
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,86 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré, fissuré à 1h. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite d'Apollon Didyméen, les cheveux longs et tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite, détournant la tête à gauche ; au-dessus, astre à huit rais.
Reverse legend : ANTIANW
Historical background
IONIA - MILETUS
(4th 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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