E-auction 6-1121 - bga_150770 - BITURIGES CUBI / CARNUTES, UNSPECIFIED Potin à l’animal retourné
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 May 2013 17:04:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Potin à l’animal retourné
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 16,6 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Potin usé et/ou mal coulé. Il reste néanmoins complètement identifiable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, le nez très saillant, la joue se confondant avec le crâne ; chevelure en une ligne courbe.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Animal indéterminé à droite, retournant la tête en arrière.
Commentary
Ce potin, connu au moins depuis 1837, est resté longtemps négligé. Dans le CN 154, un exemplaire avec un revers à droite a été publié.
Historical background
BITURIGES CUBI / CARNUTES, UNSPECIFIED
(1st century BC)
The traditional attribution gives this badly known potin to the Bituriges Cubes while an attribution to the Carnutes is possible with regard to the places of discoveries. If the head resembles known coins, sometimes of distant inspiration (bellovaque or éburovices), the reverse remains enigmatic. We are certainly dealing with a local coinage, of "Pagus" as we say in our Celtic jargon, Simone Scheers going so far as to evoke a border coinage on the borders of the Bituriges and Carnutes countries. After the end of the war when Gaul was totally conquered, many substitution coins, of "necessity" appeared in order to replace or supplement the monetary circulation..
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