Live auction - bga_554316 - PARISII (Area of Paris) Quart de statère d'or
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| Estimate : | 20 000 € |
| Price : | 7 900 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:50:50 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Quart de statère d'or
Date: c. 60-52 AC.
Mint name / Town : Paris (75)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,82 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique monnaie à l’usure très superficielle, frappée sur un flan large. Le droit est d’un style incroyable mais on note une cassure du coin traversant le visage. Revers de toute beauté, parfaitement centré et complet.
Monnaie fabuleuse !
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche ; les mèches en volutes ; décor périphérique.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche ; devant, un symbole indéterminé ; au-dessus, un filet ; entre les jambes, un motif antropomorphe en forme de fleur à trois pétales.
Commentary
Ce quart de statère semble totalement inédit. Le style du droit et le filet au revers rappellent bien évidemment le monnayage des Parisii mais les symboles du revers se rapprochent fortement du DT 2417, attribué aux peuples de la Basse Seine, sans plus de précisions.
En l’absence d’informations pertinentes sur la monnaie, nous la classons au peuple des Parisii mais...
En l’absence d’informations pertinentes sur la monnaie, nous la classons au peuple des Parisii mais...
Historical background
PARISII (Area of Paris)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Parisii were a small but powerful people whose oppidum was Lutèce. Related to the Sénons, the Parisii and the city would have emancipated themselves from their tutelage, relatively late, after the Arverne defeat of 121 BC. The wealth of the Parisii rested on the river control of the Seine and the confluences with the Marne, Bièvre, Ourcq and Oise. César chooses Lutèce, in 53 before J. - C. to convene the assembly of the Gallic peoples. The Parisii were among the first to answer the call of Vercingetorix, the following year, in 52 BC, and they provided a contingent of eight thousand men for the relief army. Watched over by Labienus, friend and legate of Caesar, the territory of the Parisii was the scene of the last battles between Gauls and Romans. Eventually, the Aulercan chief Camulogenes was defeated and killed near Lutetia. Caesar (BG. VI, 3; VII, 4, 34, 57, 75). Kruta: 36, 40 46, 68, 365, 368.
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