v24_0050 - SARMATIA - OLBIA Dauphin
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 300.00 €
Type : Dauphin
Date: c. 500-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Olbia
Metal : bronze
Weight : 2,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Commentary
Ce dauphin est un témoignage à la frontière entre Numismatique et Archéologie. Considéré comme pré-monétaire, ce type d’objet a pu être utilisé par des populations celtes au contact du monde grec à un moment où la monnaie ne s’est pas encore imposée. Dimensions (longueur 30 mm ; largeur 10 mm).
Historical background
SARMATIA - OLBIA
(6th - 5th century BC)
Olbia as Istros (Istrus) was a Milesian colony, located not far from Borysthenes and Hypanis on Pontus Euxin, equidistant from Tyra and Panticapaeum on the Chersonese of Thrace. Its prosperity came from its strategic geographical position between the Scythian tribes and Pont-Euxin. It experienced its greatest economic expansion in the Hellenistic period. It was finally taken by the barbarians in the 3rd century AD.
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