E-auction 641-645384 - VOLUSIAN Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 251
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et mince bien centré à l’usure régulière. Beau buste de Volusien. Joli revers. Patine grise avec des reflets métallique, corrodé au droitmù
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Volusien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A01), S sous le buste.
Obverse legend : AUTOK K G AFIN GAL OUEND OUOLOUSSIANOS SEB// ... (Autokratoros Kaisaros Gaios Afinios Gallos Ouendumnianos Ouoloussianos Sebastos)
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Gaius Afinius Gallus Vendumnianus Volusien auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S C À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur une ligne de terre, les ailes déployées, tête et queue à gauche, tenant une couronne feuillée dans son bec, lettre d’officine S entre les pattes.
Reverse legend : DHMARC EX OUSIAS / S
Reverse translation : (Puissance tribunitienne).
Commentary
Poids léger. Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, dix-neuf exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés, dont huit en musées British Museum (2), Paris, Doura/Yale , ANS (2), Oxford et Gaziantep.
Lightweight. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, nineteen examples are now listed, including eight in museums British Museum (2), Paris, Doura/Yale, ANS (2), Oxford and Gaziantep
Lightweight. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, nineteen examples are now listed, including eight in museums British Museum (2), Paris, Doura/Yale, ANS (2), Oxford and Gaziantep
Historical background
VOLUSIAN
(06/251-06/253)
Augustus
Volusien, proclaimed Caesar on the accession of his father, became august after the death of Hostilien in November 251. He was assassinated at the same time as his father.
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