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Stater
| Uitgever | Melos |
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| Jaar | 460 BC - 450 BC |
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| Waarde | Silver Stater (3) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | A melon (mêlon), the civic emblem and punning symbol of the island of Melos, rendered in high relief at center, depicted as an oval ribbed fruit with a short stem and two flanking leaves visible at the upper field. The naturalistic rendering of the fruit occupies nearly the entire flan, with the ribs of the melon rendered in fine incised lines radiating from the stem, characteristic of the archaic-to-early classical Melian engraving style. |
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| Oplage | ND (460 BC - 450 BC) |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Melos occupied an unusual position among Aegean island states — a Dorian community surrounded largely by Ionian neighbors, which shaped its political alignments for centuries. These staters were struck during a period when the island maintained a degree of independence that it would catastrophically lose in 416 BC, when Athens depopulated it entirely, executing the men and enslaving the women and children. Thucydides recorded the event in unflinching detail. That destruction makes pre-war Melian coinage a finite series with no possibility of later issues bridging the gap.
The Jameson 1280 reference places this specimen within a well-documented die study, though the HGC assigns a rarity rating that reflects genuine scarcity in the market.