v34_1132 - INDIGETES - EMPORIA / UNTIKESKEN (Province of Girona - Ampurias) Unité de bronze ou as
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
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Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité de bronze ou as
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Ampurias
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 18,07 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan particulièrement large et lourd pour cette monnaie parfaitement centrée au droit comme au revers. Reliefs assez faibles, mais types complets avec une agréable patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LETTRES IBÉRIQUES EI DEVANT LA BOUCHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE IBÉRIQUE UNTIKESKEN SUR L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Pégase à droite, les ailes dépliées ; une couronne au-dessus.
Commentary
La taille du flan permet de confirmer l'absence de grènetis (comme sur l'exemplaire n° 29 du Villaronga) ou encore de listel (comme sur le n° 27). Les deux lettres devant le visage seront reprises sur les bronzes des Nédènes. La tête du cheval, comme sur certaines drachmes, est construite sur la base d'un corps d'enfant assis.
L'exemplaire proposé ici, de par son flan et son style, est très proche du n° 27, mais celui-ci a un petit taureau chargeant sous la tête du pégase. Si certains exemplaires ont un symbole ou une légende secondaire sous l'exergue, il est possible d'affirmer que ce n'est pas le cas sur cet exemplaire.
The size of the flan confirms the absence of graining (as on example no. 29 from Villaronga) or even of a listel (as on no. 27). The two letters in front of the face will be repeated on the bronzes of the Nedenes. The head of the horse, as on certain drachmas, is constructed on the basis of a seated child's body. The example proposed here, by its flan and its style, is very close to no. 27, but this one has a small charging bull under the head of the Pegasus. If some examples have a symbol or a secondary legend under the exergue, it is possible to affirm that this is not the case on this example
L'exemplaire proposé ici, de par son flan et son style, est très proche du n° 27, mais celui-ci a un petit taureau chargeant sous la tête du pégase. Si certains exemplaires ont un symbole ou une légende secondaire sous l'exergue, il est possible d'affirmer que ce n'est pas le cas sur cet exemplaire.
The size of the flan confirms the absence of graining (as on example no. 29 from Villaronga) or even of a listel (as on no. 27). The two letters in front of the face will be repeated on the bronzes of the Nedenes. The head of the horse, as on certain drachmas, is constructed on the basis of a seated child's body. The example proposed here, by its flan and its style, is very close to no. 27, but this one has a small charging bull under the head of the Pegasus. If some examples have a symbol or a secondary legend under the exergue, it is possible to affirm that this is not the case on this 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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