v31_0877 - TREVIRI (Area of Trier) Denier d'argent au cheval

TREVIRI (Area of Trier) Denier d argent au cheval XF

MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 555.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 600.00 €

Type : Denier d'argent au cheval

Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C

Metal : silver

Diameter : 12,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,85 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement frappée, tant au droit qu'au revers sur un flan régulier. Très fine patine blanche et aspect de surface légèrement granuleux

Catalogue references :

LT.9401 - DT.199 - Sch/GB.341 - Sch/L.- - Sch/D.- - Wien.401

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête à gauche, les cheveux en forme de S, le menton pointu ; grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cheval globuleux passant à gauche, crinière perlée et trois globules posés en triangle au-dessus de la croupe.

Commentary

Les deniers des Trévires sont tous rares ; c'est le sixième que nous proposions dans toutes nos Ventes sur offres, et seulement le second de ce type LT. 9401, après le n° 594 de MONNAIES II.

Historical background

TREVIRI (Area of Trier)

(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.

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