bga_511836 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux) Drachme au sanglier, tête à droite / sanglier à droite
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Type : Drachme au sanglier, tête à droite / sanglier à droite
Date: c. 80-60 BC.
Mint name / Town : Mouliets-et-Villemartin
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,62 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie avec un très beau portrait. Patine foncée de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine à droite, les cheveux rangés en mèches imbriquées les unes dans les autres.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier hybride courant à droite ; trois globules reliés au-dessus du dos ; une fibule (?) en dessous.
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux)
(1st century BC)
The Pétrocoriens or 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. They provided a contingent of 5,000 men to the relief army. Strabo pointed out that the Petrocores were very good metallurgists and worked iron. Sources: Caesar (BG. VII, 75, Strabo IV, 2, 2).
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