v31_0032 - THRACE - KALLATIS Octobole
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 156.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 156.00 €
Type : Octobole
Date: c. 281-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Callatis
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Héraklès. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Une fine patine grise recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Épi de blé sur sa branche, massue, arc et son goryte posés horizontalement.
Reverse legend : KALLATI
Commentary
Poids léger. Parfois le revers est présenté verticalement, épis, massue, arc et carquois tournés vers le haut.
Lightweight. Sometimes the reverse is presented vertically, with the ears of corn, club, bow and quiver facing upwards.
Lightweight. Sometimes the reverse is presented vertically, with the ears of corn, club, bow and quiver facing upwards.
Historical background
THRACE - KALLATIS
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Callatis, located in Lower Moesia, was a colony of Heraclea Pontica, located about forty kilometers from Tomis. Lucullus seized Callatis in 72 BC and put an end to the coinage of the city.
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