Live auction - bga_654040 - GALLIA - AULERCI CENOMANI (Area of Le Mans) Denier à la tête casquée à droite
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 220 € |
| Maximum bid : | 220 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 16:28:25 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Denier à la tête casquée à droite
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Le Mans (72)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire présentant de très hauts reliefs. Splendide revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, avec le casque à cimier et à plumet avec visière relevée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite, une victoire au-dessus de la croupe et une sorte de tête d’Hélios stylisée entre les jambes.
Commentary
Monnaie fourrée.
Le denier DT. 2366, du même type que celui proposé ici, est décrit comme ayant un “motif en demi-cercle doublé par un cercle avec un décor perlé entre les deux courbes”. Il nous semble raisonnable de rapprocher ce motif de la tête d'Hélios des monnaies dites “au buste de face” (cf. DT. 2002-2004, 2013-2015) !.
Filled coin. The denarius DT. 2366, of the same type as the one offered here, is described as having a “semicircular motif doubled by a circle with a pearl decoration between the two curves”. It seems reasonable to us to compare this motif with the head of Helios to the so-called “front bust” coins (cf. DT. 2002-2004, 2013-2015)!
Le denier DT. 2366, du même type que celui proposé ici, est décrit comme ayant un “motif en demi-cercle doublé par un cercle avec un décor perlé entre les deux courbes”. Il nous semble raisonnable de rapprocher ce motif de la tête d'Hélios des monnaies dites “au buste de face” (cf. DT. 2002-2004, 2013-2015) !.
Filled coin. The denarius DT. 2366, of the same type as the one offered here, is described as having a “semicircular motif doubled by a circle with a pearl decoration between the two curves”. It seems reasonable to us to compare this motif with the head of Helios to the so-called “front bust” coins (cf. DT. 2002-2004, 2013-2015)!
Historical background
GALLIA - AULERCI CENOMANI (Area of Le Mans)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Aulerci are a very large people who are subdivided into three large tribes, including the Aulerci Cenomani who were located to the south-east of the Aulerci Diablintes (Mayenne basin), in the current department of Sarthe. Their city in the Gallo-Roman era, Vindunum, perpetuates their name in the form of Le Mans. In 52 BC, they provided a contingent of five thousand men for the relief army of Vercingetorix, besieged in Alesia. Caesar (BG. VII, 75). Kruta: 72, 187, 266.
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