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v15_1371 - HELVETII (Currently Switzerland) Statère de Philippe II, imitation celtique (fourré)

HELVETII (Currently Switzerland) Statère de Philippe II, imitation celtique (fourré) XF
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 115.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 115.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 125.00 €
Type : Statère de Philippe II, imitation celtique (fourré)
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : lead
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 4,00 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce noyau de plomb était recouvert d’une pellicule d’or, encore visible sur la tranche. Le flan est très dégradé et présente d’importantes échancrures. Le métal est “patiné” avec des nuances de blanc et de gris. Les reliefs sont très nets, surtout au revers, mais de lecture difficile en raison des nuances colorées
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite aux mèches ondulées, imitant la tête de Philippe II.

Reverse


Reverse description : Bige à droite. Les chevaux bondissant, avec un canthare sous les pattes avant. L'aurige au-dessus de la roue du char, tenant un fouet. Légende au-dessous du bige, mais pas de ligne d’exergue.
Reverse legend : fILIPP.U

Commentary


Cette très intéressante monnaie constitue un exemple parfait des premières falsifications monétaires. Le canthare (un des symboles les plus représentés) est bien visible sous les pattes avant. Semble manquer à toutes les publications consultées et être de la plus grande rareté.

Historical background


HELVETII (Currently Switzerland)

(3rd - 1st century BC)

The Helvetians occupied the territory of present-day Switzerland. Their neighbors were the Séquanes and the Allobroges. According to Pliny's account, it was Helicon, a Helvetian, who would have made wine known to the Gauls, which would have pushed them to invade Italy in the 4th century BC.. -VS. The Helvetians were divided into four pagi including the Tigurins and the Verbigenins. In 58 BC. -VS. , according to Caesar, their territory included forty-two strongholds and four hundred villages. They are at the origin of the intervention of the Roman armies in Gaul. Indeed, pushed by the Germans, they would have decided to emigrate towards the West towards the country of Santons, by crossing the territory of Séquanes, Lingons and Aedui. The latter appealed to Caesar to defend them in the name of the friendship that bound them to the Romans.. The Helvetians, to be sure not to return, destroyed their villages, their houses and their crops.. Defeated near Bibracte, the survivors were forced to return to their home territory. The Helvetians provided a contingent of eight thousand men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I; IV, 10; VI, 25; VII, 75). Kruta: 16, 44, 51, 71, 94, 244, 310, 312, 338, 350, 352-353, 359, 362, 364.

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