E-auction 179-112460 - bga_398381 - GALLIA - AULERCI CENOMANI (Area of Le Mans) Denier à la tête casquée à droite - revers à l’oiseau
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 36 € |
| Maximum bid : | 67 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 September 2016 14:11:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier à la tête casquée à droite - revers à l’oiseau
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Le Mans (72)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Rare monnaie fragmentaire, avec des types néanmoins bien identifiables. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, avec le casque à cimier et à plumet avec visière relevée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite, entre deux oiseaux.
Commentary
Ce revers est intéressant avec une sorte d’oiseau au-dessus du cheval ; ce même oiseau est visible entre les jambes sur l’obole bga_373956
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Historical background
GALLIA - AULERCI CENOMANI (Area of Le Mans)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Aulerci are a very large people who are subdivided into three large tribes, including the Aulerci Cenomani who were located to the south-east of the Aulerci Diablintes (Mayenne basin), in the current department of Sarthe. Their city in the Gallo-Roman era, Vindunum, perpetuates their name in the form of Le Mans. In 52 BC, they provided a contingent of five thousand men for the relief army of Vercingetorix, besieged in Alesia. Caesar (BG. VII, 75). Kruta: 72, 187, 266.
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