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| Estimate : | 275 € |
| Price : | 135 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 March 2014 15:03:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 241 AC.
Mint name / Town : Centuripe, Sicile
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, extrêmement large, bombé régulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Zeus, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers, mais de frappe un peu molle. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Laffaille164 - ANS.1311 - MIAMG.4092 (R) (600€) - GC.1081 - BMC.3 - Münich508 - HGCS. 2/633 - MSTSG.2 b
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite ; un petit aigle derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse description : Foudre ailé ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : KENTO/RIPINWN/ [D]
Reverse translation : (de Centuripe).
Commentary
Exemplaire sans marque à l’exergue du revers, correspondant à la première émission (Calciati 171, 4).
example without mark on the reverse exergue, corresponding to the first issue (Calciati 171, 4)
example without mark on the reverse exergue, corresponding to the first issue (Calciati 171, 4)
Historical background
SICILY - KENTURIPAI
(3rd century BC)
Centuripe (Kentoripa or Centuripæ), in the center of Sicily, is placed in the valley of Symæthus at the foot of Etna. The city seems to have been founded in the 8th century BC. Shared between the zones of Carthaginian and Syracusan influence, it finally fell under the dependence of the latter during the 4th century BC. First Punic War, Centuripe submitted in 263 BC. It experienced an intense period of economic and artistic development under Roman domination.
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