bgr_493658 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Cistophore
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Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Cistophore
Date: c. 123-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Pergame, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,49 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe molle et tréflée au droit. Très joli revers. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente CNG Eauction 247, 2010, n° 129
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.
Reverse legend : MOS/ PRGU/ PERG
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, le second monogramme est placé dans une couronne. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du trésor de 1990 (CH. IX, pl. 84, n° 9) et même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (SNG Mysie, n° 1748, pl. 89).
On this example, the second monogram is placed in a crown. Same corners as the example from the 1990 treasure (CH. IX, pl. 84, no. 9) and same obverse corner as the example from the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (SNG Mysie, no. 1748, pl. 89)
On this example, the second monogram is placed in a crown. Same corners as the example from the 1990 treasure (CH. IX, pl. 84, no. 9) and same obverse corner as the example from the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (SNG Mysie, no. 1748, pl. 89)
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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