v45_0082 - PHOCIS- DELPHI Obole
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: c. 460-420 AC.
Mint name / Town : Phocide, Delphes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce monnayage souvent fruste bien centré avec une fine patine grise qui recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de taureau vu de face.
Reverse
Reverse description : Protomé de sanglier à droite dans un carré creux.
Reverse legend : F/O/
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (Williams n° 287, pl. 10) avec une cassure de coin caractéristique au revers au-dessus du groin du protomé de sanglier.
Same dies as the American Numismatic Society specimen (Williams No. 287, pl. 10) with a characteristic die break on the reverse above the snout of the boar protome
Same dies as the American Numismatic Society specimen (Williams No. 287, pl. 10) with a characteristic die break on the reverse above the snout of the boar protome
Historical background
PHOCIS- DELPHI
(5th century BC)
The federal coinage began in the 5th century BC and ended in 346 BC, the date of the end of the Second Sacred War, marking the hegemony of Philip II over the region with the direction of the 'Amphictyonia of Delphi. The region, mountainous and poor, was dedicated to Artemis, goddess of the hunt.
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