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Live auction - bgr_403688 - AIOLIS - TEMNOS Tétradrachme

AIOLIS - TEMNOS Tétradrachme XF
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Estimate : 550 €
Price : 350 €
Maximum bid : 450 €
End of the sale : 27 September 2016 14:20:57
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 188-170 AC.
Mint name / Town : Temnos, Éolide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêmement large, bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Héraklès. Revers à l’usure régulière. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la léonté.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège avec dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, les jambes croisées, tenant un aigle de la main droite étendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un vase à une anse surmonté d’un cep de vigne et deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDRoU/ (MAI) (SWI).
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).

Historical background


AIOLIS - TEMNOS

(2nd century BC)

Coinage in the name and type of Alexander III the Great

Temnos was situated on a hill placed above the right bank of the Hermos. The city was close to Neonteichos. The workshop was identified thanks to the amphora surmounted by the vine stock.

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