bgr_349662 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 190-133 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pergame, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et ovale, centré des deux côtés, un peu court sur la légende au revers avec une usure superficielle. Belle tête d’Asklépios. Très joli revers avec un omphalos bien visible. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Asklépios (Esculape) à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Serpent d’Asklépios enroulé autour de l’omphalos.
Reverse legend : [AS]KLEPI[OU]/ [S]WTHR[OS]
Reverse translation : (Asklépios le grand).
Commentary
Petit contramarque à la chouette au revers sur l’omphalos. Dans la Sylloge du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, nous avons vingt cinq exemplaires différents de ce type dont certains avec des contremarques. Les poids sont compris entre 4,85 g et 8,99 g. mais seulement deux avec ce type de contremarque décrite fruste alors que sur notre exemplaire elle bien visible.
Small owl countermark on the reverse on the omphalos. In the Sylloge of the Cabinet of Medals of the BnF, we have twenty-five different examples of this type, some with countermarks. The weights are between 4.85 g and 8.99 g. but only two with this type of countermark described as crude, whereas on our example it is clearly visible.
Small owl countermark on the reverse on the omphalos. In the Sylloge of the Cabinet of Medals of the BnF, we have twenty-five different examples of this type, some with countermarks. The weights are between 4.85 g and 8.99 g. but only two with this type of countermark described as crude, whereas on our example it is clearly visible.
Historical background
MYSIA - PERGAMON
(190-133 BC)
Pergame, located about twenty kilometers from the Mysian coast was in a fertile region. The city experienced a period of splendor under the energetic domination of the Attalids. Pergamos had been the place where the eunuch Philetario kept the treasure of Lysimachus, composed of more than 9,000 talents (more than 200 tons of metal). Philetario first betrays Lysimachus for Seleucus, before proclaiming himself independent, keeping the jackpot for his own account, the origin of the proverbial prosperity of Pergame. The new kingdom would experience significant economic prosperity after the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. By dying in 133 BC, Attalus III bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans who created the province of Asia with Pergamum for capital. The city was famous for its library and its sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius.
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