E-auction 27-8441 - bgr_239176 - LYCIA - SATRAPS of LYCIA - KRUPLLI Trihemiobole

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	62 €
Maximum bid :	72 €
End of the sale :	21 October 2013 15:00:00
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Trihemiobole

Date: c. 420 AC.

Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain

Metal : silver

Diameter : 11 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,14 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante au droit avec le flan bombé. En revanche, au revers, triskèle de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe avec l’inscription complète. Patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

Aulock- - BMC.- - Cop.- - B. traité263 cf. voir. 222 - GC.- - B.-

Obverse

Obverse description : Pégase ailé bondissant à gauche ; ligne d’exergue.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LETTRES LYCIENNES.

Reverse description : Triskèle sinistrogyre, le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux, entouré d’un carré perlé.

Reverse legend : KOG-R-LL.

Commentary

Écrasement de flan sensible au droit sur l’aile de Pégase. Semble des mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (B. Traité II, col. 238, n° 263, pl. XCVI, n° 16).

Historical background

LYCIA - SATRAPS of LYCIA - KRUPLLI

(5th century BC)

Kruplli (Kuperlis or Kubernis) for Ernest Babelon seems to find its place in the second half of the 5th century BC, more precisely in the last quarter of this century, when Lycia, a member of the Attico-Delian league s emancipation from Athenian tutelage. The coinage of this potentate, which moreover is very poorly known, seems to have been very important and to have lasted over time with a multitude of types and varieties..