v24_0871 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORES / NITIOBROGES, Unspecified Drachme “au style flamboyant”
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 160.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 160.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme “au style flamboyant”
Date: IIe siècle av. J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, avec une frappé légèrement décentrée au droit, mais complète au revers. Patine grise d’ancienne collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite avec chevelure à longues et minces mèches en S, flammées, oreille bien nette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre cantons ; besant aux 1er, 2e et 4e cantons, hache triangulaire pleine au 3e canton.
Commentary
Exemplaire de poids lourd, de 3,59 grammes.
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORES / NITIOBROGES, Unspecified
(2nd century BC)
The Pétrocores whose territory extended between the Dordogne and the Vézère on the current department of the Dordogne, (the former Périgord) had Périgueux for capital. They were part of Celtic Gaul and will then be attached to Aquitaine. They appear late as the Nitiobroges at the time of the final phase of the Gallic Wars. The so-called "flamboyant style" coins circulated both among some and among others..
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