Live auction - fwo_447811 - ASIA MINOR - SELJUQS OF RUM - KAY KHUSRU II Dirham n.d. Sivas, Turquie

ASIA MINOR - SELJUQS OF RUM - KAY KHUSRU II Dirham n.d. Sivas, Turquie AU

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Estimate :	220 €
Price :	120 €
Maximum bid :	201 €
End of the sale :	31 October 2017 17:45:04
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Dirham

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Sivas, Turquie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 2,92 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire frappé sur un flan ovale avec les détails du lion bien visibles. La pièce est couverte d’une très agréable patine grise aux reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

Mit.981

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE ARABE).

Obverse description : Lion marchant à droite devant un soleil anthropomorphe.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE ARABE).

Reverse description : Légende sur plusieurs lignes.

Commentary

Cette représentation du lion dans le soleil est une allégorie remontant à la plus ancienne astrologie où la naissance alors que la constellation du lion est dans le soleil indique une destinée de pouvoir.
This representation of the lion in the sun is an allegory dating back to the oldest astrology where birth while the constellation of the lion is in the sun indicates a destiny of power