Live auction - bga_941528 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux) Drachme “au style flamboyant”, S. 143/5
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Live starting : Type : Drachme “au style flamboyant”, S. 143/5
Date: c. 121-52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Jolie drachme décentrée au droit, mais bien centrée au revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise aux légers reflets bleutés
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, chevelure faite de 2 rangées de boucles en S.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix non bouletée formée de quatre cantons : une grenade entrouverte au 1er canton ; une fleur quadrilobée au 2e canton ; une hache à gauche au 3e canton ; cercle à bordure intérieure flammée avec un point en son centre, flammé aussi, au 4e canton.
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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