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E-auction 54-23753 - bga_218828 - SPAIN - GADIR/GADES (Province of Cadiz) Calque de bronze à la tête de Melqart et au thon

SPAIN - GADIR/GADES (Province of Cadiz) Calque de bronze à la tête de Melqart et au thon VF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 34 €
Maximum bid : 36 €
End of the sale : 28 April 2014 15:16:00
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Calque de bronze à la tête de Melqart et au thon
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Gadès
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bronze bien identifiable, mais avec une usure marquée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ex. BOURGEY 26 et 27 nov 2009, n° 339

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Melqart à gauche, coiffée de la léonté; une massue derrière la nuque (?).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDES PHÉNICIENNES MP'L AU-DESSUS ET 'GDR EN DESSOUS.
Reverse description : Un thon à gauche ; entre deux lignes d’épigraphie phéniciennes.

Commentary


Cet exemplaire est le premier que nous ayons de ce type.

Historical background


SPAIN - GADIR/GADES (Province of Cadiz)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Gadir, a Phoenician colony, was founded in 237 BC by the Barcides, Hannibal's father in particular. The legends of these coins are Punic.

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