Live auction - bgr_413711 - TROAS - ALEXANDRIA Unité

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Estimate :	250 €
Price :	145 €
Maximum bid :	185 €
End of the sale :	02 May 2017 14:11:13
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Unité

Date: c. 200-150 AC.

Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Troade

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,71 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête d’Apollon. Joli revers de style fin bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert clair

Catalogue references :

BMC.16 - GC.4028 - Cop.78

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur le cou.

Reverse

Reverse description : Cheval paissant à gauche, monogramme entre les jambes du cheval ; à l’exergue, un foudre horizontal.

Reverse legend : ALEXAN/ (oKE)

Reverse translation : (d’Alexandrie).

Commentary

Ce monnayage avec le type du cheval fut très abondant à l’époque hellénistique et impériale. Sur cet exemplaire le foudre est peu visible à l’exergue.
This coinage with the horse type was very abundant in the Hellenistic and Imperial periods. On this example the thunderbolt is barely visible in the exergue