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Live auction - bgr_511878 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Cistophore

MYSIA - PERGAMON Cistophore VF/XF
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 29 January 2019 14:10:00
Type : Cistophore
Date: c. 123-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pergame, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,36 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe molle au droit. Joli revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Ciste mystique de laquelle s'échappe un serpent ; le tout dans une couronne dionysiaque.

Reverse


Reverse description : Arc et goryte orné d'un aplustre entre deux serpents ; dans le champ à droite, le bâton d’Esculape ; au-dessus, une étoile.
Reverse legend : (PRGU)/ BO.
Reverse translation : (de Pergame).

Commentary


Ce type intermédiaire semble plus rare et n’apparaît pas dans les grandes collections en dehors de celle du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF.

Historical background


MYSIA - PERGAMON

(133-67 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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