E-auction 242-165434 - bga_294223 - NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Quart de statère à l'hippophore

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	227 €
Maximum bid :	228 €
End of the sale :	04 December 2017 14:12:30
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Quart de statère à l'hippophore

Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.

Mint name / Town : Nantes (44)

Metal : electrum

Diameter : 13 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 1,47 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan un peu court mais régulier avec des types bien centrés et une patine grise et poreuse

Catalogue references :

LT.6745 var - DT.2197-2198 - BN.6724-6725, 6733-6734, 6745-6754 - Sch/L.881 - Sch/SM.- - Sch/D.228 - MCB.74 - Or gaulois.15 p. 208-227, pl. 7

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête à droite, entourée de cordons perlés.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale galopant à droite conduit par un aurige levant la main gauche et tenant les rênes de la droite ; entre les jambes du cheval, hippophore.

Commentary

La série 308B à laquelle appartient ce quart de statère se divise en deux catégories, selon que la tête est large ou petite. La distinction est assez peu flagrante sur ces quarts, souvent de frappe molle.
The 308B series to which this quarter stater belongs is divided into two categories, depending on whether the head is large or small. The distinction is not very obvious in these quarters, which are often weakly struck