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E-auction 67-32072 - bga_296503 - GALLIA - ARVERNI (Area of Clermont-Ferrand) Denier EPAD, au guerrier

GALLIA - ARVERNI (Area of Clermont-Ferrand) Denier EPAD, au guerrier VF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 91 €
Maximum bid : 91 €
End of the sale : 28 July 2014 15:09:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Denier EPAD, au guerrier
Date: après 52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court mais bien identifiable, malgré une frappe décentrée au droit comme au revers. Patine grise et cristallisée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [EPAD].
Obverse description : Buste jeune, imberbe et casqué, à droite ; le casque lauré à panache, le cou orné d’un collier de perles et de pendeloques ; légende devant le visage, grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Guerrier debout, tenant de la main droite une enseigne militaire munie de deux ailes, de la gauche un bouclier rond et une lance ; son épée soutenue par un ceinturon, passe derrière le bouclier ; casque dans le champ, devant ses jambes.

Commentary


Revers complet.

Historical background


GALLIA - ARVERNI (Area of Clermont-Ferrand)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Arvernes occupied the current territory of the former province of Auvergne. They were considered "the most warlike among the Gallic peoples of the Celtic". The first direct conflict broke out in the 2nd century, when Roman merchants settled in Transalpine in what was to become Provincia (the Province, which became Provence). It was not until 52 BC that Vercingetorix became the leader of the coalition of Gallic peoples against the Roman occupier. He won a great victory near Gergovie. Having inadvertently pursued Caesar's army, he found himself besieged in Alesia. Resisting fiercely, he counted on the relief army to deliver him, but defeated, he had to surrender to Caesar who kept him alive to make him participate in his triumph in 46 BC. Vercingetorix was then strangled in his prison..

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