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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 1 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 December 2022 16:08:51 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Potin aux animaux affrontés
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Région de Trèves
Metal : potin
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,37 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré. Très belle patine
Catalogue references :
LT.7465 var. - BN.7465-7466 - ABT.- - Sch/GB.701 série 200 - DT.224 série 37 - PK.166 var. - Sch/L.- - Z.- - BMCC.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux animaux affrontés (chèvres ou boucs), les pattes avant reposant sur un pilier torsadé au sommet globulaire. Cercle concentrique au bourrelet périphérique et une sorte de grènetis entre deux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux sangliers dressés face à face autour d'un globule central. Les soies rejoignent un cercle concentrique au bourrelet périphérique avec une sorte de grènetis entre les deux.
Commentary
Ce potin est exceptionnel et dans un état de conservation hors du commun. L'exemplaire qui illustre le Nouvel Atlas est une colorisation de photo ancienne en noir et blanc. Ce type avec les quatre annelets au droit correspond à la seconde variante établie par L. Reding dans les Cahiers Numismatques en 1968, p. 579 (dont le tableau est repris pour illustration globale dans le Nouvel Atlas à défaut de monnaies types).
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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