Live auction - bga_348179 - SEGUSIAVI / ÆDUI, Unspecified (Area of Feurs (Forez) / Mont-Beuvray) Denier SEGVSIA ARVS, incus
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| Estimate : | 1 800 € |
| Price : | 900 € |
| Maximum bid : | 900 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 14:59:01 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier SEGVSIA ARVS, incus
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,89 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan un peu court avec de très beaux portraits. Patine grise un peu poreuse, avec de légères zones plus sombres, surtout au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SEGVS[IA].
Obverse description : Buste drapé et casqué à droite, la légende devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SEGVSI[A].
Reverse description : Incus.
Commentary
Cette très rare monnaie est certainement la Gauloise en argent la plus recherchée par les collectionneurs. La légende SEGVSIA est presque complète en relief au droit et incuse au revers. L’attribution traditionnelle aux Ségusiaves, clients des Eduens, est à mettre en parallèle avec les provenances qui sont assez dispersées.
A propos de cette série, sur les 1111 monnaies d’argent du trésor de Bassing, le communique de presse de l’inrap mentionne “quelques rares exemplaires appartiennent aux Ségusiaves, peuple localisé près de Lyon”.
A propos de cette série, sur les 1111 monnaies d’argent du trésor de Bassing, le communique de presse de l’inrap mentionne “quelques rares exemplaires appartiennent aux Ségusiaves, peuple localisé près de Lyon”.
Historical background
SEGUSIAVI / ÆDUI, Unspecified (Area of Feurs (Forez) / Mont-Beuvray)
(1st century BC)
The attribution to the Ségusiaves of the mythical denier SEGVSIAVS ARVS (LT. 4622) and the potin SECISV (LT. 4628) is far from certain. The Aedui seem to be the most likely origin of the issuance of these coins. Very early on, the attribution to the Ségusiaves was nevertheless considered certain. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu thought that the ethnic name "in the form of an epithet of nationality perhaps relates to Arus, monetary magistrate or chief of Segusian origin" loc. cit. Notes of Gallic monetary epigraphy IV, EC.11, 1964-65, p.46-69. In the Recueil des Inscriptions Gauloises, the authors temper by specifying that the attribution to the Ségusiaves is uncertain, recalling the case of the TVRONOS CANTORIX coins, issued with certainty very far from the country of the Turones.
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