bgr_511944 - MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA Demi-unité

MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA Demi-unité XF

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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 280.00 €

Type : Demi-unité

Date: c. 40 AC.

Mint name / Town : Mélita, Malte

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,60 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan légèrement bombé. Beau buste inhabituel au droit.Jolie patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

Laffaille- - GC.6589 - Cop.- - SNG. Bar- - MIAMG.5810 (R) (225€) - GCT.2425

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête féminine voilée et diadémée, drapée à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse

Reverse description : Trépied ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse legend : MELI/[TAIWN].

Commentary

Sujets inhabituels et particuliers. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

Historical background

MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Malta, is located in the center of the Mediterranean and was a port of call for the Phoenicians who settled on the island around 725 BC. Then the Greeks also came to settle on the island between the 7th and the 5th century BC In 480 BC, the island came under Carthaginian rule. The island came under Roman domination during the Second Punic War in 218 BC. But Melita, located in the center of the Mediterranean halfway between Africa and Europe, continued to undergo the multiple influences of different peoples who come to trade in its ports.