Live auction - bgr_356273 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS I Obole
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Estimate : | 750 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 14:33:14 |
Type : Obole
Date: c. 200-180 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bactres, Bactriane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait inhabituel. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise un peu granuleuse sur un flan légèrement piqué
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de B. Odaert
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Démétrius Ier à droite, vêtu de la chlamyde et coiffé de la dépouille d’éléphant.
Reverse
Reverse description : Hercule nu debout de face, portant sa main droite à la tête, tenant la massue de la main gauche avec la léonté enroulée autour du bras.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ DHMHTRIOU.
Reverse translation : (du roi Démétrius).