Live auction - bga_735755 - ELYSIQUES (oppidum of Ensérune) Obole au bucrane, tête à droite, imitation de Marseille
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 07 March 2023 15:13:23 |
Type : Obole au bucrane, tête à droite, imitation de Marseille
Date: c. 200-121 AC. ou c. 90-70 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Obole sur un flan large et ovale, avec un très beau revers mais un droit avec une surface quelque peu hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Apollon stylisée à droite ; un grènetis devant le front.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M-A DANS LES 3E ET 4E CANTONS .
Reverse description : Roue à rayons avec moyeu central et un bucrane à l’envers occupant les deux premiers cantons.
Commentary
Obole exceptionnelle par son orientation du portrait au droit.
Historical background
ELYSIQUES (oppidum of Ensérune)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Elysians are a small people from the Narbonne region, of Iberian origin whose oppidum could be identified with Ensérune. He is known to us by a mention of Herodotus, "the father of History", who indicates that Gallic mercenaries (Élysiques) would have served in the Carthaginian army in 480 BC, at the time of the siege of 'Himera (Sicily). Sources: Herodotus (H. VII, 165).
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