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Estimate : | 1 500 € |
Price : | 805 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 418 € |
End of the sale : | 30 July 2019 14:09:06 |
bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 430 AC.
Mint name / Town : Athènes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 17,25 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré, mais légèrement décentré sur le cimier au droit. Très belle tête d’Athéna. Joli revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier, orné de trois feuilles d'olivier et d'une palmette avec collier et boucles d'oreilles.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; derrière, une branche d'olivier et un croissant ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.
Reverse legend : AQE
Commentary
Le visage présente encore une expression archaïque. L’œil est traité en amande étiré et droit. La chevelure est tombante sur le cou et ramenée en arrière. Les feuilles d’olivier du casque sont normales et de haut relief. Le fleuron commence à s’ouvrir n’a pas encore la forme d’un pi. Au revers, la chouette est grande et élancée et les plumes descendent jusqu’aux serres de l’animal. Le carré creux est bien marqué.
The face still has an archaic expression. The eye is treated as a stretched, straight almond shape. The hair falls on the neck and is pulled back. The olive leaves of the helmet are normal and of high relief. The floret begins to open and is not yet pi-shaped. On the reverse, the owl is large and slender and the feathers go down to the animal's claws. The hollow square is well marked
The face still has an archaic expression. The eye is treated as a stretched, straight almond shape. The hair falls on the neck and is pulled back. The olive leaves of the helmet are normal and of high relief. The floret begins to open and is not yet pi-shaped. On the reverse, the owl is large and slender and the feathers go down to the animal's claws. The hollow square is well marked