Live auction - bgr_1010198 - SICILY - TAUROMENIUM Litra

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bgr_1010198

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Type : Litra

Date: c. 212 AC.

Mint name / Town : Tauromenium, Sicile

Metal : copper

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 8,15 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli pégase. Usure régulière. Patine marron-vert

Catalogue references :

HGCS. 2/1580 (R1) (400$) - CNS.33 p. 223 - MSTSG.24 (R2) - MIAMG.5382 (R) (350€) - ANS.1152

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche coiffée du casque corinthien à triple aigrette ; derrière la tête, un oiseau ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse

Reverse description : Pégase s’envolant à gauche ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse legend : TAUROMENEI-TA-N

Reverse translation : (de Tauromenium).

Commentary

Pour ce type, G. Buceti a recensé trente-et-un exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 5,30 g et 10,10 g. Néanmoins, ce type avec la tête casquée à gauche semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
For this type, G. Buceti recorded thirty-one examples with weights between 5.30 g and 10.10 g. However, this type with the helmeted head on the left seems rarer than general works suggest.