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Live auction - bgr_623683 - COLCHIS Hemidrachme

COLCHIS Hemidrachme AU/XF
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 260 €
Maximum bid : 260 €
End of the sale : 27 October 2020 14:13:46
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Phasis, Colchide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Superbe portrait d’Artémis. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Artémis à droite ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête et cou de taureau à droite ; grènetis circulaire.

Commentary


Petite tête. Au droit, le visage semble stylisé et le style était qualifié de “archaistic (Egyptian) style” par. B. V. Head dans la seconde édition de l’Historia Numorum en 1911.

Historical background


COLCHIS

(5th - 4th century BC)

Colchis was a mythical region located on the southeast coast of the Black Sea. The Argonauts went there to seize the Golden Fleece.

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