bga_574139 - DUROCASSIS (Area of Dreux) Hémistatère d’or uniface
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Type : Hémistatère d’or uniface
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Dreux (28)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : - h.
Weight : 3,85 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé avec un coin usé présentant de larges cassures
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Restes stylisés d’un quadrige galopant à droite, les articulations bouletées ; rangées de globules à l’exergue.
Historical background
DUROCASSIS (Area of Dreux)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Durocasses are not cited by Caesar in the Gallic Wars. They seem to have emancipated themselves from Carnut tutelage quite late, like the Parisii from that of the Senones. Their name means "the warriors of the fortified hill"..
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