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Live auction - bgr_767125 - CORINTHIA - CORINTH Statère

CORINTHIA - CORINTH Statère AU
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Estimate : 980 €
Price : 751 €
Maximum bid : 801 €
End of the sale : 06 December 2022 14:20:26
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Statère
Date: c. 320-310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Corinthe, Corinthie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Portrait d’Athéna finement détaillé. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : Q (KAPPA ARCHAÏQUE).
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche, les ailes déployées.
Obverse translation : (Corinthe).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LETTRES SOUS LE COU.
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière, grenade? .
Reverse legend : A- L.

Commentary


Au revers de notre exemplaire, nous semblons bien distinguer un fruit interprété comme une pomme ou une grenade par les différents auteurs dont R. Calciati. O. Hoover décrit le symbole comme un bouclier qui ressemble au bouclier béotien. Quant à Raavel, il interprétait le symbole comme un crotale, il faudrait alors trouver la sonnette pour l’ouvrir !.

Historical background


CORINTHIA - CORINTH

(350-306 BC)

Corinth was the unwitting victim of Macedonian hegemony over Asia from Alexander the Great because it then lost its strategic role. Ptolemy I occupied it from 308 to 306 BC, which marks the date of the end of the manufacture of "colts". It joined the Achaean league after 268 BC, but the city was razed by Lucius Memmius in 146 BC for opposing Rome.

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