Live auction - bga_941782 - TREVIRI, Unspecified Quart de statère au cheval androcéphale

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AU/XF

Starting price :	1 200 €
Estimate :	2 400 €
Price :	1 200 €
Maximum bid :	1 200 €
End of the sale :	24 September 2024 15:44:20
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Quart de statère au cheval androcéphale

Date: c. 100-50 AC.

Metal : gold

Diameter : 12,5 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 1,69 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Joli quart frappé sur un flan un peu court et centré. Une jolie tête au droit malgré de petites faiblesses. Usure fine et régulière. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

LT.6821 - BN.6821-6822 - ABT.- - Sch/GB.132 - DT.124 - Sch/L.- - Sch/D.cf. 350 A/ - Z.502-503 - Wien.323

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite, la chevelure abondante, en petites mèches ; une sorte de pendant d'oreille à trois globules et la base du cou fortement marquée.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale bridé à gauche, l'aurige au-dessus brandissant corde rejoignant le vexillum, devant la tête du cheval ; un petit personnage ailé couché entre les jambes du cheval.

Commentary

Il est surprenant de trouver des similitudes stylistiques et iconographiques relativement frappantes entre les monnaies de cette série (quarts et statères) et les séries de statères attribuées aux Cénomans ; ces monnaies étaient d'ailleurs classées aux Cénomans lors de la rédaction du Muret-Chabouillet.

Historical background

TREVIRI, Unspecified

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Treveri were a very important tribe of Belgian Gaul who controlled both banks of the Moselle. Their neighbors were the Atuatuci, the Eburones, the Remes and the Mediomatrics. Their main oppidum was in Titelberg (Luxembourg). Their capital was Trier which was refounded by Augustus as Colonia Augusta Treverorum. This tribe is often cited by Caesar. The Treveri took part in the War in particular in 54, during the revolt of Ambiorix in order to cut the lines of Caesar after having massacred the troops of Sabinus and Cotta. The Treveri do not seem to have sent relief troops in 52 BC Caesar (BG. I, 37; II, 24; III, 11; IV, 6, 10; V, 2-4, 24, 47 , 53, 55, 58; VII, 63; VIII, 25, 45, 52). Kruta: 41, 89, 277, 348.