v15_0467 - MIDDLE LOIRE Potin dégénéré aux croissants
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 78.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 78.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Potin dégénéré aux croissants
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, particulièrement le revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES II, 21 juin 1997, n° 321
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Petite tête casquée à gauche avec l'œil en creux, accostée de chaque côté d'un croissant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Restes d'un quadrupède passant (à droite ?), surmonté d'un petit croissant.
Commentary
Au droit, la tête est accostée de deux croissants. L’animal du revers semble avoir deux pattes avant et arrière et est surmonté d’un croissant.
Historical background
MIDDLE LOIRE
(1st century BC)
The "so-called" degenerate crescent or crescent and triskele potin are imitations, perhaps copied from the passing bull potin (LT. 5284), formerly attributed to the Mandubians, is today reclassified as "central de Gaul". This potin is itself copied from the bronzes of Marseilles with the bull. The great diversity that can exist between different potin does not facilitate a recurring attribution. A solution could come to us from across the Channel once again. One of the examples in the Oxford museum from the collection of D. Allen is supposed to come from the camp of Amboise (Indre-et-Loire), in the Turons country. This type is reputed to come from the Chartres treasure (Blanchet, ABT. fig. 116). The maximalist "Middle Loire" attribution is valid, but not definitive.
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