bgr_1126913 - MYSIA - PERGAMON Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 133-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mysie, Pergame
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,50 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 9,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Buste agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste casqué et drapé d’Athéna (Minerve) à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier.
Obverse legend : MITRIDATOU
Reverse
Reverse description : Asklépios (Esculape) debout de face, tenant de la main droite un kyrekéion (caducée).
Reverse legend : PERGAMHNWN
Reverse translation : (de Pergame).
Commentary
Sur certains exemplaires au droit, nous trouvons sous le buste d’Athéna le nom d’un magistrat (Mithridate) ou le nom du roi du Pont, Mithridates VI du Pont, c’est le cas ici.
On some obverse examples, we find below the bust of Athena the name of a magistrate (Mithridates) or the name of the king of Pontus, Mithridates VI of Pontus; this is the case here.
On some obverse examples, we find below the bust of Athena the name of a magistrate (Mithridates) or the name of the king of Pontus, Mithridates VI of Pontus; this is the case here.
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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