Live auction - bga_618474 - GALLIA - BAÏOCASSES (Area of Bayeux) Quart de statère de billon

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Estimate :	350 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	26 January 2021 16:25:57

Type : Quart de statère de billon

Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.

Mint name / Town : Bayeux (14)

Metal : billon

Diameter : 14 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 1,26 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Usure importante au revers mais beau droit. Monnaie patinée

Catalogue references :

LT.manque - DT.cf. 2259 - BN.? - Sch/SM.cf. 558-571 - Z.- - Sch/L.- - Sch/D.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête humaine à droite, les cheveux en grosses mèches ; l'œil en amande ; la base du cou perlée ; un sanglier enseigne à droite dans la chevelure.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale galopant à droite ; un sanglier enseigne à droite entre les jambes du cheval ; restes de l'aurige au-dessus du dos ; vexillum devant la tête.

Commentary

Ce quart de statère se rapproche du n° 983 de MONNAIES XXIV, considérée comme unique ; il se rapproche des types “au profil de style figuratif”, ou dits “de Plessis-Grimoult” pour lesquels aucun quart n’était connu ou publié.
This quarter stater is close to No. 983 of COINS XXIV, considered unique; it is close to the types “with a figurative style profile”, or so-called “de Plessis-Grimoult” types for which no quarter was known or published