bgr_599656 - THRACE - APOLLONIA PONTICA Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 450-400 AC.
Mint name / Town : Apollonia Pontica, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Très joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Ancre cantonnée d’une écrevisse à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Swastika sinistrogyre, cantonnée de quatre petits dauphins ; le tout dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Le droit est bien l’ancre qui est présentée de face, l’organe au vers le haut avec le mollusque dans le champ à droite. L’ancre sera ensuite retournée. Au droit, le mollusque, décrit comme une écrevisse, est incertain. Au revers, le motif est dépeint comme une swastika. Il pourrait s’agir aussi de quatre dauphins se rejoignant au centre, mais la swastika sinistrogyre semble plus probable. Elle est bien cantonnée de quatre petits dauphins.
The obverse is indeed the anchor, which is presented from the front, the organ facing upwards with the mollusk in the right field. The anchor will then be turned over. On the obverse, the mollusk, described as a crayfish, is uncertain. On the reverse, the motif is depicted as a swastika. It could also be four dolphins meeting in the center, but the sinistrogyral swastika seems more likely. It is indeed flanked by four small dolphins.
The obverse is indeed the anchor, which is presented from the front, the organ facing upwards with the mollusk in the right field. The anchor will then be turned over. On the obverse, the mollusk, described as a crayfish, is uncertain. On the reverse, the motif is depicted as a swastika. It could also be four dolphins meeting in the center, but the sinistrogyral swastika seems more likely. It is indeed flanked by four small dolphins.