Live auction - bga_698176 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux) Drachme au sanglier, tête à droite / sanglier à gauche
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 80 € |
| Maximum bid : | 87 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 April 2022 16:21:47 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme au sanglier, tête à droite / sanglier à gauche
Date: c. 80-60 BC.
Mint name / Town : Mouliets-et-Villemartin
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, une jolie tête au droit. Patine grise
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 courant à gauche ; une sorte d'épis au-dessus du dos et une petite tête coupée à droite entre les pattes.
Commentary
Ce type se rapproche du DT. 3641, avec une petite tête coupée sous le sanglier. La série 1256 dite "au sanglier monstrueux" regroupe cinq monnaies habilement choisies pour représenter tous les différents exemplaires connus (le revers du DT. 3640 devrait subir une rotation de 180° pour correspondre au standard de la série ; il aurait donc un sanglier à gauche !).
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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