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E-auction 185-117005 - bgr_400790 - MYSIA - ADRAMYTTIUM Unité

MYSIA - ADRAMYTTIUM Unité XF/VF
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 57 €
Maximum bid : 58 €
End of the sale : 31 October 2016 14:02:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Adramytium, Mysie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Très belle tête de Zeus. Frappe brouillée au revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Jupiter) à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Protomé de Pégase.
Reverse legend : A/DRA.
Reverse translation : (Adramytium).

Commentary


Poids léger. Ce type de bronze semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Seulement deux exemplaires signalés dans la Sylloge française (SNG. France 5/ n° 2 et 3, pl. I).

Historical background


MYSIA - ADRAMYTTIUM

(4th - 1st century BC)

Adramytium is said to have been founded by Adramys, the brother of Croesus, king of Lydia. The city was located in the gulf of the same name on the coast northwest of Pergamon.

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