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

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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 :

BMC.- - Aulock- - GC. - SNG. France 5/1 var. - Cop.- - AMNG. 4/- - B. traité-

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).
Lightweight. This type of bronze appears to be much rarer than general works suggest. Only two examples are reported in the French Sylloge (SNG. France 5/ no. 2 and 3, pl. I)