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bgr_1142304 - IONIA - MILETUS Unité

IONIA - MILETUS Unité AU
150.00 €(Approx. 174.00$ | 129.00£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 190-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Jolie statue d’Apollon. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Statue cultuelle d’Apollon de Didyme nu debout à droite, tenant un cerf de la main droite et un arc de la main gauche ; monogramme de Milet dans la partie inférieure gauche.
Obverse legend : (MI)
Obverse translation : (Milet).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Lion couché à droite, la tête tournée à gauche entre un astre à huit rais et un monogramme.

Historical background


IONIA - MILETUS

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Civic coinage in the name and type of Alexander III

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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