E-auction 596-560046 - bgr_586353 - INDO-PARTHIA - INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM - UNKNOWN KING Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 42 € |
| Maximum bid : | 62 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 September 2024 14:01:20 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 55-105
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,32 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré. Beau buste. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé du roi à droite levant la main droite et tenant une lance ; monogramme derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le prince à cheval au pas à droite ; un monogramme dans le champ à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS BASILEWN SWTER MEGAS
Reverse translation : (Roi des Rois très grand).
Commentary
Le même monogramme, décrit comme (OIE) par de Morgan se retrouve au droit et au revers de ce tétradrachme.
Historical background
INDO-PARTHIA - INDO-PARTHIAN KINGDOM - UNKNOWN KING
(1st century AD)
We have several unknown monarchs. This one is listed only by its epithet "Soter Megas". According to Morgan, this dynast could be contemporary with Kadphises II and related to the Indo-Parthian princes.
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