Live auction - bga_889744 - PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified Drachme au serpent et au bouclier
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 310 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2024 15:43:44 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme au serpent et au bouclier
Date: c. IIe - Ier siècles AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,30 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré, un peu court au revers avec une partie de la tête de l’androcéphale hors flan. Usure fine et régulière. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale bondissant à droite ; en dessous, un serpent ; et un bouclier au-dessus.
Commentary
Monnaie non répertoriée avec un revers à droite ! Le classement de ces monnaies reste très incertaine.
Historical background
PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified
(1st century BC)
Several types traditionally given to the Pictons see their attribution questioned for a more general geographical area such as Center-West or Great-West of Gaul. Some also propose an attribution to a military workshop, perhaps linked to the Aedui... We must not imagine or dream of the Gallic, or even Celtic, economic space as closed. coins prove us wrong every day.
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