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v08_0083 - PALESTINE Drachme

PALESTINE Drachme VF
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-300 AC
Mint name / Town : Palestine, Gaza ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,85 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, mais éclaté et irrégulier. Coin défectueux au droit / Frappe fruste au revers
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique à cimier et à triple aigrette, orné de trois feuilles d'olivier.

Reverse


Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête tournée de face ; dans le champ derrière, une branche d'olivier ; le tout dans les restes d'un carré creux.
Reverse legend : AQE.

Commentary


Imitation. Cet exemplaire semble complètement inédit et non répertorié et manque aux principaux ouvrages de référence.

Historical background


PALESTINE

(4th century BC)

The number of imitations for the coinage of Athens is considerable. Many examples were discovered at Naucratis in the Nile Valley. This type of drachmas seems to come from Palestinian workshops, maybe Gaza? At first, the imitations are menial and of good weight. Gradually, the weight of the coins lowers and the style becomes coarser. The next step is the modification for all or part of the typology and the alteration or disappearance of the legend and its replacement by Aramaic letters. Our example, although in a bad style, certainly belongs to the first phase of imitation of the coinage of Athens..

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