bgr_512758 - IONIA - MILETUS Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 375-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Weight : 2,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit de style fin. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Lion passant à gauche, tournant la tête à droite.
Obverse legend : (MI)
Obverse translation : (Milet).
Reverse
Reverse description : Astre à huit raies.
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, nous n’avons pas relevé de nom de magistrat monétaire exploitable. Petite tête fine. Serait frappé sous la domination de Mausole.
Lightweight. On this example, we did not find the name of a usable mint magistrate. Small, fine head. Believed to have been struck under the rule of Mausolus.
Lightweight. On this example, we did not find the name of a usable mint magistrate. Small, fine head. Believed to have been struck under the rule of Mausolus.
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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