Naville Numismatics

Auction 50  –  23 June 2019

Naville Numismatics, Auction 50

Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins

Su, 23.06.2019, from 5:00 PM CEST
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Description

Phocis, Elateia Bronze II cent BC, Æ 19.5mm., 6.98g. Bearded head of Asklepios l. Rev. Helmeted Athena standing r. with shield and spear, to r. tripod. EΛATEΩN l. up. BMC 1, pl. IV, 26. BCD Lokris-Phokis 432.

Very rare. Brown tone, About Very Fine.

From the duplicates of the BCD colelction.

Elateia continued to survive but the economy was declining as there was no incentive for it to flourish again. This is probably the reason that the Elateian coins from this time onwards become increasingly rare. Efforts were surely made to reorganize the coinage and this heavier issue with Asklepios [Pausanias x.34.6] on the obverse and the statue of Athena Kranaia [Pausanias x.34.7] on the reverse, struck from more than one pair of dies, probably circulated from about the middle of the second century up to the first decade of the first century BC. The frequent countermarking on these coins and the worn state in which they are usually found (see next lot) indicates that the city was going through fiscal difficulties and had to repeatedly revalue its existing coinage without being able to issue new types.

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Starting price 35 GBP
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