Savoca Coins
Online Auction 108 | Silver 31 Jul 2021
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Cyrrhestica. Cyrrhus. Philip II AD 247-249.
Tetrassarion (4 Assaria) Æ
30 mm, 14,29 g
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II to right, seen from behind / ΔIOC KATЄBATOY [KYPHCTΩN], hexastyle temple, containing Zeus Kataibates seated facing, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter in his left; at feet to left, eagle; above pediment, ram leaping right (the whole type in two halfs mirrored).
good very fine
Butcher 21c.
The second known striking ''gryllos'' phenomenon:
Reverse struck from the same die in two halfs, so that the lower half reflects the upper one, whilst the obverse type is normally depicted.
It is still unknown if it was an occasional striking practice of this region or it belongs to a religious or commercial expediency.
Tetrassarion (4 Assaria) Æ
30 mm, 14,29 g
AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II to right, seen from behind / ΔIOC KATЄBATOY [KYPHCTΩN], hexastyle temple, containing Zeus Kataibates seated facing, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and scepter in his left; at feet to left, eagle; above pediment, ram leaping right (the whole type in two halfs mirrored).
good very fine
Butcher 21c.
The second known striking ''gryllos'' phenomenon:
Reverse struck from the same die in two halfs, so that the lower half reflects the upper one, whilst the obverse type is normally depicted.
It is still unknown if it was an occasional striking practice of this region or it belongs to a religious or commercial expediency.