Live auction - bgr_507349 - LYCIA - MASIKYTES Hemidrachme

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AU/XF

Estimate :	180 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 October 2018 14:13:53

Type : Hemidrachme

Date: c. 48-27 AC.

Mint name / Town : Masicytes, Lycie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,8 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Belle tête d’Apollon. Revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC. - GC.- - Aulock- - Cop.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse

Reverse description : Lyre dans un carré creux ; serpent enroulé sur l’omphalos dans le champ inférieur gauche.

Reverse legend : M-A

Reverse translation : (Masicytes).

Commentary

Citharephore plintophore. Ce monnayage semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.
Plintophore zither. This coinage seems much rarer than general works suggest.