E-auction 561-497530 - bgr_512031 - PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM Sicle

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Estimate :	125 €
Price :	54 €
Maximum bid :	57 €
End of the sale :	15 January 2024 14:00:40
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Sicle

Date: c. 475-465 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Weight : 5,76 g.

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale et court. Usure importante mais monnaie bien identifiable. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B. traité- pl.86/13-15 - GC.3427 - B.24 pl. 1/13 - BMC.197

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Le Grand Roi barbu, en archer mélophore, à demi-agenouillé à droite, coiffé de la cidaris, surmontée de cinq dents, vêtu de la candys, tenant une lance de la main droite et un arc de la gauche.

Reverse

Reverse description : Carré creux informe.

Commentary

Ce type de darique est souvent usé et a circulé souvent pendant plus d’un siècle. Une petite contremarque sur la poitrine de l’archer.
This type of daric is often worn and circulated frequently for over a century. A small countermark on the archer's chest