E-auction 116-62194 - bgr_359559 - PAPHLAGONIA - SINOPE Unité

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Estimate :	35 €
Price :	13 €
Maximum bid :	15 €
End of the sale :	06 July 2015 15:02:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Unité

Date: c. 105-90 ou 90-85 AC.

Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,4 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale irrégulier à l’usure importante. Patine vert foncé grnauleuse

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - GC.- - Aulock- - Cop.- - RG.29 /1 - WSC.- - HGM.- - HGCS. 5/418

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Arès (Mars) à droite, coiffée d’un casque corinthien à aigrette.

Reverse

Reverse description : Épée dans son fourreau avec le baudrier à droite.

Reverse legend : SINO/PH[S]

Reverse translation : (De Sinope).

Commentary

Ce type serait le plus ancien des émissions pour Mithridates VI et pourrait avoir été frappé à Sinope entre 111-105 et 95-90 avant J-C.
This type would be the oldest of the issues for Mithridates VI and may have been struck at Sinope between 111-105 and 95-90 BC