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Live auction - bga_532128 - SPAIN - EMPORION (AMPURIAS) Drachme au pégase, Emporia

SPAIN - EMPORION (AMPURIAS) Drachme au pégase, Emporia XF
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Estimate : 520 €
Price : 360 €
Maximum bid : 360 €
End of the sale : 04 June 2019 15:52:01
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Drachme au pégase, Emporia
Date: c. 240-212 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ampurias
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier. Belle tête au droit. Cheval élancé au revers à l’usure régulière. Patine foncée de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Perséphone à droite, les cheveux tirés en arrière, avec boucles d'oreilles ; deux dauphins devant le visage et un autre derrière le cou ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse description : Pégase volant à droite, les ailes déployées, légende entre la queue et les pattes arrières.
Reverse legend : EMPORITWN

Commentary


Poids léger. Épigraphie élégante. Le centrage de cette drachme permet la présence des trois dauphins autour de la tête, en bord de flan et de frappe molle. Au revers, la légende est presque complète, mais avec de tous petits caractères ! La tête du cheval est intéressante, avec le motif du petit enfant assis, touchant ses pieds avec ses mains.
Cette drachme servit de prototype à de nombreuses monnaies lourdes du sud-ouest de la Gaule, et même à certaines monnaies d’or !.
Lightweight. Elegant epigraphy. The centering of this drachma allows for the presence of the three dolphins around the head, on the edge of the flan and soft strike. On the reverse, the legend is almost complete, but with very small characters! The horse's head is interesting, with the motif of the small seated child, touching its feet with its hands. This drachma served as a prototype for many heavy coins from southwest Gaul, and even for some gold coins!

Historical background


SPAIN - EMPORION (AMPURIAS)

(3rd century BC)

The Greek Emporion, the Roman Ampurias, today San Martin de Ampurias was founded around 580 BC, perhaps by Rhodian colonists like Rosas (Rhodè) or Phocaeans like Marseilles whose foundations are contemporary. It was one of the most important ports in the Western Mediterranean. It is necessary to evoke rather two cities: Palaïapolis and Neapolis which were built. The city seems to have developed rapidly thanks to its port which was to become one of the most important in the western Mediterranean..

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