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Ionia – Uncertain mint. – Electrum 1/24 Stater circa 600-550 BC. Head of rooster right / Irregular incuse square. 0,62g. Traité I 111, pl. III, 12. – Extremely rare. Good extremely fine.…
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Ionia Uncertain mint. Electrum 1/24 Stater circa 600-550 BC. Head of rooster right / Irregular incuse square. 0,62g. Traité I 111, pl. III, 12. Extremely rare. Good extremely fine. Provenance: CNG Triton XIV (4 January 2011), 310. Displayed at the White Gold exhibition in 2012. Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. The domestic rooster only truly became established in the Greek world during the first half of the first millennium BC, having been introduced from Asia. Upon its arrival, it was mainly valued for cockfighting, a practice widespread in Greek cities. In Greek culture, the rooster was above all the creature that heralded the rising sun. Mythology offers an amusing explanation for this characteristic trait: one night, while Aphrodite was deceiving Hephaistos with Ares, the latter entrusted a young ephebe named Alectryon with keeping watch and warning him of daybreak. Alectryon fell asleep, allowing Helios to surprise the lovers. As punishment, Ares transformed him into a rooster, condemned to announce the return of daylight every morning. In ancient Greece, the rooster was therefore associated with the sun and with the cult of Apollo. Le coq domestique ne s'imposa véritablement dans le monde grec qu’au cours de la première moitié du Ier millénaire av. J.-C., introduit depuis l’Asie. À son arrivée, il était surtout apprécié pour les combats de coqs, pratique répandue dans les cités grecques. Dans la culture grecque, le coq était avant tout celui qui annonce le lever du soleil. La mythologie livre une amusante explication de ce trait caractéristique des coqs : une nuit où Aphrodite trompait Héphaïstos avec Arès, ce dernier confia à un jeune éphèbe nommé Alectryon la tâche de veiller et de l’avertir de l’arrivée du jour. Alectryon s’endormit laissant Hélios surprendre les amants. Pour le punir, Arès le transforma en coq condamné à annoncer chaque matin le retour de la lumière. Dans la Grèce antique, le coq était donc associé au soleil et au culte d'Apollon.
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Ionia – Uncertain mint. – Electrum 1/24 Stater circa 600-550 BC. Head of rooster right / Irregular incuse square. 0,62g. Traité I 111, pl. III, 12. – Extremely rare. Good extremely fine.…

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Lot #
45
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Genf, CH
Lot Ends
16 Nov 2026, 13:30:00
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