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bgr_526946 - ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN Drachme

ARABIA FELIX - SABEAN Drachme XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. -300-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain (Timna)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,99 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier. Belle tête d’Athéna. Chouette bien venue au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
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.

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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