bgr_952636 - MACEDONIA - LETE Hemihecté
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Type : Hemihecté
Date: c. 500-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lete, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Weight : 1,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Joli satyre. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Satyre ithyphallique agenouillé à droite, nu barbu, les cheveux longs terminés par une queue de cheval globulée “veretrum tenens” entre deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
L’attribution à Lete en Macédoine est possible, mais pas certaine. J.-N. Svoronos attribuait ces monnaies aux Thasiens, attribution reprise par Georges Le Rider dans le guide de Thasos tandis que les auteurs du SNG Copenhague classaient ces monnaies à Lete avec un point d’interrogation.
The attribution to Lete in Macedonia is possible, but not certain. J.-N. Svoronos attributed these coins to the Thasians, an attribution taken up by Georges Le Rider in the guide to Thasos while the authors of the SNG Copenhagen classified these coins to Lete with a question mark.
The attribution to Lete in Macedonia is possible, but not certain. J.-N. Svoronos attributed these coins to the Thasians, an attribution taken up by Georges Le Rider in the guide to Thasos while the authors of the SNG Copenhagen classified these coins to Lete with a question mark.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - LETE
(6th - 5th century BC)
Lete was in the territory of the Amphaxitis above Therma (Thessalonica), but the city was unimportant in ancient times and it is doubtful that it could have minted. However the city was placed on the strategic road which linked Pangea to the mines of the hinterland..
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