Live auction - bgr_403367 - DANUBIAN CELTS - IMITATIONS OF THASOS AND MORONEIA Tétradrachme, imitation de Thasos
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 14:10:18 |
Type : Tétradrachme, imitation de Thasos
Date: c. Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Droit et revers fortement stylisés. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis auprès de Claude Silberstein en 2002 et provient de la collection D. C
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite, portant une couronne de feuilles de vigne et de lierre, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Hercule nu, la léonté flottant sur l'épaule, debout à de face.
Commentary
Le revers est particulièrement impressionnant sur cette monnaie, avec les légendes transformées en lignes de globules et encadrant Hercule.
Historical background
DANUBIAN CELTS - IMITATIONS OF THASOS AND MORONEIA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
After 357 BC, Thasos fell under Macedonian rule. It regained part of its independence with the death of Lysimachus in 281 BC. After the defeat of Cynoscephali in 197 BC, Thasos again became autonomous. From 148 or 146 BC, the Roman Senate authorized Thasos and Maronea to mint wide blank tetradrachms which were minted in very large quantities and imitated in the Balkans until the end of the 1st century BC. -VS.
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