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bgr_251664 - LYCIA - MASIKYTES Hemicitharephore

LYCIA - MASIKYTES Hemicitharephore AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Hemicitharephore
Date: c. 100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Masicytes, Lycie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait magnifique. Revers de haut relief, de style fin. Jolie patine de collection avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste lauré d’Artémis à droite, les cheveux tirés en arrière, coiffés en chignon, l’arc et le carquois sur l’épaule.

Reverse


Reverse description : Carquois posé verticalement dans un carré creux entouré des lettres ; une torche dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : L-U/ M-A.
Reverse translation : (Lycia/ Masicytes).

Commentary


Ce monnayage semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du Staatliche Museen de Berlin.

Historical background


LYCIA - MASIKYTES

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Masicytes was the central mountainous region south of Lycia east of Xanthos. Myra was the federal capital of the Lycian league and the main transmitting place for Masicytes. Myra is cited by Strabo among the six important cities of Lycia. The city took its name from the eponymous river Myros and was located at its mouth, by the sea. The city, important from an economic point of view, does not seem to be known monetarily before 168 BC Its coinage lasted until 3rd century AD.

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