bgr_359354 - PHOCIS- DELPHI Obole
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Price : 350.00 €
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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 478-460 AC.
Mint name / Town : Delphes, Phocide
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, échancré à 11 heures au droit. Joli droit. Revers de très beau style. Belle patine de collection ancienne gris foncé avec des reflets dorés
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Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Roma numismatics electronic 12, ° 739
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de taureau vu de face.
Reverse
Reverse description : Protomé de sanglier à gauche dans un carré creux.
Reverse legend : O
Commentary
Poids léger. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection BDC, 213.2.
Lightweight. Same obverse corner as the copy in the BDC collection, 213.2
Lightweight. Same obverse corner as the copy in the BDC collection, 213.2
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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