Live auction - bga_711973 - Undetermined Aera of Normandy Hémistatère au loup
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| Estimate : | 6 500 € |
| Price : | 4 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 December 2022 15:59:41 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Hémistatère au loup
Date: c. IIIe - IIe siècle AC.
Mint name / Town : Évreux (27)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,57 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie complète au droit comme au revers. Visage griffé mais remarquable revers à l’usure régulière, parfaitement centré et présentant une scène unique dans le monnayage gaulois !
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux entrelacés, une mèche tombant sur le front.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Char à droite tiré par un aurige stylisé ; le cheval est doté d’un décor d’apparat sur la tête (?) ; loup dans le champ à droite, la gueule ouverte ; ligne et au dessous, légende schématique en traits verticaux.
Commentary
Monnaie exceptionnelle qui semble totalement inédite au revers. Le droit se rapproche du groupe d’Evreux (DT. S2029A) mais le revers ne correspond à rien de connu, tout en se rapprochant des quarts de statère DT. 16 et S2384A. Cette monnaie pourrait être Calètes ou Aulerques Eburovices ?.
Historical background
Undetermined Aera of Normandy
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Gold issues from the 3rd century and the beginning of the 2nd century are varied but rather poorly known, with a small number of specimens and few certain provenances. Nevertheless, the circulation area seems concentrated on Normandy, thus bringing together peoples such as the Baïocasses, the Unelles or the Léxoviens. These people probably did not have the same reality in the 3rd century as at the time of the Gallic Wars, when Julius Caesar mentions them! Some do not hesitate to group these coins into "Léxoviens du 3e siècle" (MONETA) while others, more cautious, group them under the name "Groupe de Normandie", dated from the 3rd century and the first half of the 2nd century BC." (New Atlas).
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