Live auction - bga_841491 - UNSPECIFIED, FROM THE NORTH-WEST Obole ESVIOS au lion

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Estimate :	950 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	03 June 2025 15:43:05

Type : Obole ESVIOS au lion

Date: c. 60-40 AC.

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 10 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 0,39 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Flan voilé, large à cinq heures. Très jolie petite tête au droit. Une faiblesse au revers. Patine gris foncé

Catalogue references :

LT.manque - DT. - RIG.172 - BMCC.II 616-618

Obverse

Obverse legend : ESVIOS.

Obverse description : Petite tête à gauche, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Lion bondissant à gauche ; grènetis.

Commentary

Le RIG n’indique qu’une seule provenance, Jersey 1875, et ne mentionne que trois exemplaires (BN 10380, un exemplaire au musée du Mans et un autre au British n° 1934).
Nous avons eu récemment connaissance d’une exemplaire FDC en collection privée et les collection britanniques conservent en réalité trois exemplaires. Cet obole serait donc le septième exemplaire recensé..
The RIG indicates only one provenance, Jersey 1875, and mentions only three examples (BN 10380, one example in the Le Mans museum and another in British n° 1934). We recently became aware of an FDC example in a private collection and the British collections actually keep three examples. This obol would therefore be the seventh example recorded.