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bga_181777 - INDIGETES - EMPORIA / UNTIKESKEN (Province of Girona - Ampurias) Unité de bronze ou as

INDIGETES - EMPORIA / UNTIKESKEN (Province of Girona - Ampurias) Unité de bronze ou as VF
VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 70.00 €
Type : Unité de bronze ou as
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Ampurias
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 8,96 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie de frappe un peu molle, mais centrée au droit comme au revers. Très belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
LT.-  - CNH.34 p. 155

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE IBÉRIQUE [EMPOR] À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Pégase à droite, les ailes dépliées ; une couronne au-dessus.

Commentary

Les légendes sont très mal venue, au droit comme au revers, donnant l'impression d'un bronze anépigraphe. Le style de tête très fine est comparable à celui de la monnaie CNH. 34 page 155. Le casque est composé d’une seule partie alors qu’il est divisé en deux sur la plupart des monnaies de ce type.

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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