Live auction - bgr_349886 - THRACE - ODESSOS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 490 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 14:02:30 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 125-70 AC.
Mint name / Town : Odessos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, bien centré avec un portrait légèrement stylisé. Joli revers, de haut relief. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore, les jambes croisées, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; monogramme sous le siège.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ALEXANDROU/ XENW/ (HDo)
Commentary
Portrait stylisé. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du British Museum (MP., pl. 49, n° 1201). Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Museum (MP., pl. 49, n° 1200b avec (XE) (A/ 5 - R2). Le coin d’avers 5, comme le signale François de Callataÿ est lié aux deux autres monogrammes de la série et il ne signale qu’un exemplaire pour notre type, celui de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS) provenant de la collection Newell.
Historical background
THRACE - ODESSOS
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Osupers was a Milesiac colony, placed on the banks of the Pont-Euxin. It had an independent coinage from the end of the 2nd century BC but most of its coins are tetradrachms imitating those of Alexander the Great which were minted in the course of the 3rd century and then during the reign of Mithridates VI (120-63 AC.). The coinage seems to be interrupted then to resume in the imperial period.
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