Live auction - bga_497773 - INDIGETES - EMPORIA / UNTIKESKEN (Province of Girona - Ampurias) Obole
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 15:06:44 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Obole
Date: IVe siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Ampurias
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 0,88 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie bien centrée au droit sur un flan ovale. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et casquée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EM.
Reverse description : couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Avec seulement trois exemplaires connus, cette monnaie est rarissime. De plus, dans cet état, il s’agit de très loin du plus bel exemplaire connu !.
With only three known examples, this coin is extremely rare. Moreover, in this condition, it is by far the finest known example!
With only three known examples, this coin is extremely rare. Moreover, in this condition, it is by far the finest known example!
Historical background
INDIGETES - EMPORIA / UNTIKESKEN (Province of Girona - Ampurias)
(1st century BC)
The Greek Emporion, the Roman Ampurias (Empúries in Catalan), today San Martin de Ampurias was founded around 580 BC, perhaps by Rhodian colonists like Rosas (Rhodè) or Phocaeans like Marseilles whose the foundations are contemporary. It was one of the most important ports in the Western Mediterranean. Emporia's Celtiberian name was Untikesken. After native issues, the city adopted the Latin alphabet. The coinage is late, between Caesar and Augustus. Emporia seems to have received the "municipium", during Augustus' journey in 27 or 25 BC. For the authors of the RPC, this right could already have been granted to it by Caesar, and only confirmed by Augustus. A very large number of aces were countermarked (cf., RPC. op. cit. p. 106-107).
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