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Live auction - bgr_681490 - IONIA - MILETUS Vingt-quatrième de statère ou hemiobole

IONIA - MILETUS Vingt-quatrième de statère ou hemiobole AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 22 July 2025 14:29:23
Type : Vingt-quatrième de statère ou hemiobole
Date: c. 510-494 AC.
Mint name / Town : Milet, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Très beau scorpion au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Dépouille de lion vu de face (léonté).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Scorpion vu de dessus, la queue à gauche ; le tout dans un carré creux.

Commentary


Au droit, la dépouille peut faire référence à la léonté d’Héraklès qui provient du lion de Némée.
In law, the remains may refer to the leonte of Herakles which comes from the lion of Nemea

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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