Live auction - bgr_887892 - SARMATIA - OLBIA Unité

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XF/AU

Estimate :	200 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	09 April 2024 14:19:45

Type : Unité

Date: c. 330-250 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sarmatia, Olbia

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 11,32 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Des faiblesses. Très joli revers. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

Laffaille280 var. - GC.1685 var. - WSC.400 - BMC.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête barbue et cornue du dieu fleuve Borysthenes (Dniepr) à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Hache de cérémonie et arc dans son goryte (carquois).

Reverse legend : OLBIO/ EPI

Reverse translation : (Olbia/ magistrat).

Commentary

Très belle représentation du Borysthenes (le Dniepr, fleuve de 2.285 kilomètres qui traverse les plaines russes pour se jeter dans la Mer Noire).
Very beautiful representation of the Borysthenes (the Dnieper, a 2,285 kilometer river which crosses the Russian plains to flow into the Black Sea)