v15_1277 - ATUATUCI (Currently Belgium) Bronze AVAVCIA
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 155.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 350.00 €
Starting price : 155.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 315.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 350.00 €
Type : Bronze AVAVCIA
Date: c. 40-10 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Weight : 3,65 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine noire. Échancrure sur la tête du cheval et faiblesse de frappe sur sa croupe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Quatre bustes de chevaux placés en croix autour d’un annelet central. Globule, annelets et annelets pointés en cantonnement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [...]AVIVA (?).
Reverse description : Cheval à gauche, le corps formé de deux annelets rejoints entre eux. Un annelet derrière la crinière sur le dos et légende au-dessus.
Commentary
Si la légende AVAVCIA est nette sur l'exemplaire BN 8885 illustrant le RIG., celle de cet exemplaire, bien que partiellement hors flan, semble plutôt se terminer par [...]AVIVA ou [...]AVNA. Il se trouve un annelet entre le dos du cheval et la légende. La plupart des exemplaires photographiés dans les publications de musées (Lyon, Péronne ou British) sont de médiocre qualité.
If the legend AVAVCIA is clear on the example BN 8885 illustrating the RIG., that of this example, although partially off-flank, seems rather to end with [...]AVIVA or [...]AVNA. There is a ringlet between the horse's back and the legend. Most of the examples photographed in museum publications (Lyon, Péronne or British) are of poor quality
If the legend AVAVCIA is clear on the example BN 8885 illustrating the RIG., that of this example, although partially off-flank, seems rather to end with [...]AVIVA or [...]AVNA. There is a ringlet between the horse's back and the legend. Most of the examples photographed in museum publications (Lyon, Péronne or British) are of poor quality
Historical background
ATUATUCI (Currently Belgium)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Atuatuques, people of Belgian Gaul, were located on the territory of present-day Belgium between the banks of the Sambre and the Meuse in the present-day provinces of Liège and Namur. They were of Germanic origin and believed to be the descendants of a detachment of Cimbri and Teutons settled during the invasions of 115-101 BC Caesar (BG. II, 4, 16, 29, 31; V, 27, 38, 39, 56; VI, 2, 33).
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