bgr_766324 - ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN Drachme
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Price : 250.00 €
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. -300-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain (Timna)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 5,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Jolie chouette. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique ; la joue contremarquée d’un N.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; derrière, un croissant et une pousse d’olivier.
Reverse legend : AQE
Reverse translation : (Athènes).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, le style est encore “grec”. Ce monnayage est librement inspiré par le monnayage intermédiaire d’Athènes.
On this example, the style is still “Greek”. This coinage is freely inspired by the intermediate coinage of Athens
On this example, the style is still “Greek”. This coinage is freely inspired by the intermediate coinage of Athens
Historical background
ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
"Happy Arabia" was strategically very important for controlling the spice and silk route to and from India and China. Trade with the Greek world was very important and ended on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, in Gaza. From the beginning of the 4th century BC, the Athenian coinage became the reference for exchanges.
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