Live auction - bgr_587528 - SARMATIA - OLBIA Dauphin épigraphe

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	280 €
Maximum bid :	455 €
End of the sale :	28 July 2020 14:07:08
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Dauphin épigraphe

Date: c. 500-400 AC.

Mint name / Town : Olbia

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 39 mm

Weight : 4,06 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure régulière qui reste parfaitement lisible. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - GC.1684 var. (200£) - WSC.341

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse

Reverse legend : APIXO.

Commentary

Ce dauphin est un témoignage à la frontière entre Numismatique et Archéologie. Considéré comme pré-monétaire, ce type d’objet a pu être utilisé par des populations celtes au contact du monde grec à un moment où la monnaie ne s’est pas encore imposée. Dimensions (longueur 24 mm ; largeur 11 mm). Au droit notre exemplaire semble aussi porter une inscription avec une nageoire visible. Les exemplaires avec inscription sont beaucoup plus rares que les anépigraphes.
This dolphin is a testimony on the border between Numismatics and Archaeology. Considered pre-monetary, this type of object could have been used by Celtic populations in contact with the Greek world at a time when coin had not yet become established. Dimensions (length 24 mm; width 11 mm). On the right our example also seems to bear an inscription with a visible fin. examples with inscription are much rarer than anepigraphs