bga_711629 - SPAIN - GADIR/GADES (Province of Cadiz) Demi chalque à la tête de face et aux poissons
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Price : 125.00 €
Type : Demi chalque à la tête de face et aux poissons
Date: IIIe siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Gadès
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centrée. Jolie tête de face au droit. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Melqart vue de face, couverte d'une peau de lion.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MP’L / ‘GDR.
Reverse description : Thon à droite.
Commentary
Ce type de monnayage est exceptionnel d'un aspect typologique, avec cette tête de face, déjà rare dans le monnayage celte, mais en plus en plein champ.
This type of coinage is exceptional from a typological aspect, with this head facing, already rare in Celtic coinage, but also in full field
This type of coinage is exceptional from a typological aspect, with this head facing, already rare in Celtic coinage, but also in full field
Historical background
SPAIN - GADIR/GADES (Province of Cadiz)
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Gadir, a Phoenician colony, was founded in 237 BC by the Barcides, Hannibal's father in particular. The legends of these coins are Punic.
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