Live auction - bgr_1031879 - SICILY - SELINUS Statère

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bgr_1031879

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Type : Statère

Date: c. 500 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sélinonte

Metal : silver

Diameter : 23 mm

Weight : 8,29 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet, bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Recouvert d’une jolie patine avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

ANS.683 - MIAMG.4721 (R) (1400£) - GC.730 (400£)

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 31, n° 20

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Feuille de sélinon (ache, sorte de céleri sauvage) vue de face entre deux globules.

Reverse

Reverse description : Carré creux divisé en six quartiers, en aile de moulin.

Commentary

Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, la forme du carré creux semble particulièrement archaïque. Au droit la feuille est divisée en cinq parties.
Lightweight. In this example, the shape of the hollow square seems particularly archaic. On the obverse, the sheet is divided into five parts.