Live auction - bgr_688873 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	660 €
Maximum bid :	700 €
End of the sale :	26 October 2021 14:09:48
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 5,03 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan court, centré des deux côtés. Revers bien venu à la frappe, finement détaillé. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B. traité- - BMC.- - SB.- - GC.1669 var. - Cop.- var. - AMNG. 1/433 var. - WSC.148 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Deux têtes masculines et imberbes opposées.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche attaquant un dauphin.

Reverse legend : ISTRIH/ FU

Reverse translation : (Ister).

Commentary

Nous sommes bien en présence d’une drachme d’étalon persique alors que l’exemplaire décrit dans la collection Stancomb (WSC. n° 148) est d’étalon éginétique.