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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Dauphin
Date: c. 500-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Olbia, Sarmatia
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire effilé, légèrement bombé. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Dauphin avec le nez, l’œil, la nageoire caudale.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
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 27 mm ; largeur 8 mm). Signe prémonétaire coulé. les auteurs du SNG. de la collection Stancomb de la Mer Noire et de sa région assignent ces signes pré ou para-monétaires à Olbia où elles ont été trouvées dans la région. Huit exemplaires sont publiés (WSC. 334 à 341 avec des poids compris entre 0,62 g et 2,02 g).
This dolphin is a testimony at 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 27 mm; width 8 mm). Cast pre-monetary sign. The authors of the SNG. of the Stancomb collection of the Black Sea and its region assign these pre- or para-monetary signs to Olbia where they were found in the region. Eight examples are published (WSC. 334 to 341 with weights between 0.62 g and 2.02 g)
This dolphin is a testimony at 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 27 mm; width 8 mm). Cast pre-monetary sign. The authors of the SNG. of the Stancomb collection of the Black Sea and its region assign these pre- or para-monetary signs to Olbia where they were found in the region. Eight examples are published (WSC. 334 to 341 with weights between 0.62 g and 2.02 g)







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