bga_131964 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux) Drachme “au style flamboyant”
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Type : Drachme “au style flamboyant”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan quadrangulaire. Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable. Revers bien centré
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES II et de MONNAIES XV
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Commentary
Flan découpé au burin. Au droit, devant le visage, on découvre l’arrière d’une chevelure ce qui implique que deux coins de droit ont été apposés sur une lame de métal, découpée ensuite. La technique même de fabrication des monnaies à la croix explique ce “chevauchement” de deux empreintes de droit. Chaque canton du revers, nous trouvons une baguette aux “abeilles”, appellation de G. Savès.
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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