E-auction 638-639429 - bgr_1032403 - PAPHLAGONIA - SINOPE Drachme

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Estimate :	350 €
Price :	144 €
Maximum bid :	257 €
End of the sale :	07 July 2025 14:05:20
bidders :	15 bidders

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 330-300 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sinope

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,55 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan court, centré. Portrait agréable. Usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - B. traité2949 - Cop.- - Aulock- - WSC.770

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Sinope à gauche, les cheveux dans un sphendoné avec boucles d'oreille et collier.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche, les ailes déployées sur un dauphin à gauche.

Reverse legend : SINW// AGRE

Reverse translation : (Sinope/ Agreos).

Commentary

Pour ce monétaire, nous restituons la lecture du magistrat Agreos qui se rencontre aussi bien en étalon éginétique que persique.
For this monetary, we restore the reading of the magistrate Agreos which is found both in Aeginetic and Persian standard