E-auction 93-48249 - bgr_334454 - PHOENICIA - ARADOS Chalque

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	28 €
Maximum bid :	28 €
End of the sale :	26 January 2015 15:02:00
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Chalque

Date: An 166

Mint name / Town : Arados, Phénicie

Metal : bronze or copper

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,82 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis visible au droit à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine verte

Catalogue references :

BMC.325 - GC.6005 - B.- - HGCS. 10/80 - Duyrat4422 -4444

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé d'Astarté ou d'Europe à droite, coiffée du stéphané.

Reverse

Reverse description : Taureau ou Zébu bondissant à gauche.

Reverse legend : RXS

Reverse translation : (an 176).

Commentary

Au droit, E. Babelon décrivait l’entité féminine comme Tyché. Nous n’avons pas relevé de liaison de coin pertinente. Notre exemplaire de bonne facture semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
In the right, E. Babelon described the female entity as Tyche. We did not find any relevant die bond. Our well-made example seems much rarer than general works suggest.