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Live auction - bga_946434 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Denier SOLIMA/COLIMA

GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Denier SOLIMA/COLIMA AU
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Starting price : 100 €
Estimate : 200 €
Price : 230 €
Maximum bid : 440 €
End of the sale : 29 October 2024 15:23:56
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Denier SOLIMA/COLIMA
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau denier particulièrement bien centré. Très belle tête au droit, de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : SOL[IMA].
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, la chevelure en mèches ondulées parallèles ; légende devant le visage.

Reverse


Reverse legend : COLIM[A].
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à gauche, une sorte de poisson à droite entre les pattes ; légende au-dessus du cheval.

Commentary


Ces deniers se répartissent en deux classes ; le droit de la première est assez fin, avec un traitement relativement naturaliste alors que le droit de la seconde est très stylisé avec un gros œil en amande et un nez terminant le front.

Historical background


GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Leuques are mentioned only once in the Gallic Wars. Their neighbors were the Médiomatriques, the Lingons and the Séquanes. The Leuques as well as the Séquanes and the Lingones provided Caesar with wheat when the Roman army stopped at Vesontio (Besançon) to refuel before facing the Germans of Ariovistus (58 BC). Caesar (BG. I, 40).

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