Live auction - bga_619056 - GALLIA - AULERCI CENOMANI (Area of Le Mans) Statère d'or au cheval androcéphale et au personnage allongé, aux deux armes
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 1 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 June 2021 15:43:44 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Statère d'or au cheval androcéphale et au personnage allongé, aux deux armes
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Le Mans (72)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 7,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire à l’usure superficielle. Très beau droit et bel aspect du métal
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux coiffés en mèches tirées en arrière tombant sur le cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale galopant à droite, conduit par un aurige ; derrière, reste de roue ; sous le cheval, personnage couché à droite, tenant un poignard et une lance.
Commentary
Ce statère avec un personnage tenant un poignard et une lance est beaucoup plus rare que ceux au “personnage tenant des objets ovoïdes”. La bga_348182 de notre Live Auction 2 a été vendu 3.200€ HT.
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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