bgr_879608 - IONIA - MILETUS Vingt-quatrième de statère en électrum
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Type : Vingt-quatrième de statère en électrum
Date: c. 625-550 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain, Milet ?
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 6,5 mm
Weight : 0,47 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolie représentation du droit. Usure régulière. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Swastika.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux informe.
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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