E-auction 66-31415 - bgr_330650 - THRACE - APOLLONIA PONTICA Pointe de flèche

THRACE - APOLLONIA PONTICA Pointe de flèche AU

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Estimate :	95 €
Price :	56 €
Maximum bid :	56 €
End of the sale :	21 July 2014 15:00:00
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Pointe de flèche

Date: c. 500-400 AC.

Mint name / Town : Apollonia Pontica, Thrace

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 39 mm

Weight : 5,91 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de haut relief, régulier. Jolie patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

WSC.24 - BMC.218 (Istros)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Pointe de flèche monétiforme.

Reverse

Commentary

Poids léger. Signe prémonétaire coulé. les auteurs du SNG. de la collection Stancomb de la Mer Noire et de sa région assignent ces signes pré ou para-monétaires à Apollonia Pontica où elles ont été trouvées dans la région. Huit exemplaires sont publiés (WSC. 22 à 29 avec des poids compris entre 0,89 g et 4,03 g. Mais deux autres exemplaires sont attribués à l’atelier d’Istros (WSC. 128 et 129 avec des poids de 4,15 g et de 3,15 g).
Lightweight. Cast pre-monetary sign. The authors of the SNG. of the Stancomb collection of the Black Sea and its region assign these pre- or para-monetary signs to Apollonia Pontica where they were found in the region. Eight examples are published (WSC. 22 to 29 with weights between 0.89 g and 4.03 g. But two other examples are attributed to the Istros mint (WSC. 128 and 129 with weights of 4.15 g and 3.15 g).