v55_0025 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Unité (MB, Æ 22)
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 567.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 567.00 €
Type : Unité (MB, Æ 22)
Date: c. 190-133 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Pergame
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,21 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et large, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Asklépios. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé et sable
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 : ASKLEPIOU/ SWTHROS
Reverse translation : (Asklépios le grand).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. 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. L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 49 s’est vendu 270€ avec cinq offres et un maximum à 360€.
Very heavy weight. 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 range from 4.85 g to 8.99 g. The example from COINS 49 sold for €270 with five bids and a maximum of €360
Very heavy weight. 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 range from 4.85 g to 8.99 g. The example from COINS 49 sold for €270 with five bids and a maximum of €360
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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