bgr_420076 - THRACE - APOLLONIA PONTICA Diobole
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Price : 350.00 €
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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Apollonia Pontica, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,29 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête expressive au droit. Joli revers. Belle patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A DANS LE CHAMP À GAUCHE.
Reverse description : Ancre renversée, cantonnée d’une écrevisse à dans le champ à droite, tournée à gauche.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Au revers, le mollusque, décrit comme une écrevisse, est incertain. Sur cet exemplaire, la tête de Méduse bien que saisissante semble remplacée par une tête d’Apollon.
Heavyweight. On the reverse, the mollusk, described as a crayfish, is uncertain. On this example, the head of Medusa, although striking, seems to have been replaced by the head of Apollo.
Heavyweight. On the reverse, the mollusk, described as a crayfish, is uncertain. On this example, the head of Medusa, although striking, seems to have been replaced by the head of Apollo.
Historical background
THRACE - APOLLONIA PONTICA
(4th century BC)
Apollonia Pontica, located on Pont-Euxin was a Milesian colony. The city was famous for its temple of Apollo and its colossal statue, the work of Kalamis. When Lucullus captured the city in 73 BC, he had the statue of the god transported to Rome.
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