Live auction - bgr_935366 - SICILY - MESSANA Tétradrachme
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Estimate : | 1 500 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 14:04:06 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 445-439 AC.
Mint name / Town : Messine, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 17,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli lièvre. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Emile Bourgey de janvier 1991, lot n°23
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bige de mules à droite, conduit par un aurige, tenant les rênes et le kentron ; à l'exergue, une feuille d'olivier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LES DEUX N RÉTROGRADES).
Reverse description : Lièvre bondissant à droite ; deux feuilles d’olivier.
Reverse legend : MESSA-NION
Reverse translation : (de Messine).