Live auction - bgr_339570 - SYRIA - SELEUCIA AND PIERIA - LAODICEA Poids de ville
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Estimate : | 4 500 € |
Price : | 2 500 € |
Maximum bid : | 4 700 € |
End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 14:42:35 |
bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Poids de ville
Date: an 29
Mint name / Town : Laodicée, Syrie
Metal : lead
Diameter : 116 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 727,00 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable
Predigree :
Certificat d’exportation
Obverse
Obverse description : Poids de forme triangulaire équilatéral à rebords renflés orné d’une tête humaine imberbe ; pointe supérieure ornée d’une palmette.
Obverse legend : ETOUS/ QK/ LAODIKEWN/ THS IERAS/ KAI ASILOU/ KAI AUTONOMOU/ MNA
Obverse translation : (An 29 de Laodicée la sainte et asile sacré et autonome/ Mine).
Reverse
Reverse description : Motif en forme de pomme de pin ou d’écaille surmonté d’un filet ; au centre un mongramme.
Reverse legend : (MPD)
Commentary
Ce poids à la forme d’un triangle équilatéral. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un tel objet à la vente. C’est un poids de la ville de Laodicée ad Mare (sur mer) coulé en l’an 29 (53/52 avant J.-C.) de la cité (ère de la cité, an 1 = 82-81 avant J.-C. et dure jusqu’à l’arrivée de Jules César en 49-48 avant J.-C). Ce poids a une histoire bien particulière. Notre déposant a reçu ce poids de la veuve d’un préfet qui avait été nommé à Lattaquié (Laodicée) représentant de la France au Liban où semble-t-il cet “artefact” ait censé avoir été découvert à la fin des années 20. Notre propriétaire, enfant à l’époque, a failli fondre cet objet historiquement important afin de couler des soldats de plomb !.
This weight is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. This is the first time we have offered such an object for sale. It is a weight from the city of Laodicea ad Mare (on the sea) cast in the year 29 (53/52 BC) of the city (era of the city, year 1 = 82-81 BC and lasted until the arrival of Julius Caesar in 49-48 BC). This weight has a very special history. Our depositor received this weight from the widow of a prefect who had been appointed to Latakia (Laodicea) as the representative of France in Lebanon where it seems this “artifact” was supposed to have been discovered in the late 1920s. Our owner, a child at the time, almost melted this historically important object in order to cast tin soldiers!
This weight is in the shape of an equilateral triangle. This is the first time we have offered such an object for sale. It is a weight from the city of Laodicea ad Mare (on the sea) cast in the year 29 (53/52 BC) of the city (era of the city, year 1 = 82-81 BC and lasted until the arrival of Julius Caesar in 49-48 BC). This weight has a very special history. Our depositor received this weight from the widow of a prefect who had been appointed to Latakia (Laodicea) as the representative of France in Lebanon where it seems this “artifact” was supposed to have been discovered in the late 1920s. Our owner, a child at the time, almost melted this historically important object in order to cast tin soldiers!