v49_0339 - MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA Unité, (MB, Æ 27)

MALTA - MALTA ISLAND - MELITA Unité, (MB, Æ 27) VF

MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 460.00 €

Type : Unité, (MB, Æ 27)

Date: c. 180-100 AC.

Mint name / Town : Malte, Mélita

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,20 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, échancré à 5 heures. Usure très importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Sujets inhabituels. Patine marron foncé granuleuse

Catalogue references :

Laffaille271 - GC.6588 - Cop.463 - SNG. Bar293 - MIAMG.5809 (R) (225€)

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la vente publique de Valaurie (1985)

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête d’Isis à gauche coiffée de la couronne isiaque (uraeus) à gauche ; devant un épi de blé.

Obverse legend : MELITWN.

Obverse translation : (de Melita).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Personnage ailé agenouillé à gauche (Osiris), coiffé du pschent (double couronne égyptienne), tenant un fléau et un sceptre.

Commentary

Sujets inhabituels et particuliers.

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.