v15_0427 - BITURIGES CUBI / WESTERN CENTER, UNSPECIFIED Bronze au cheval retourné
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 98.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 98.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze au cheval retourné
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie piquée en divers endroits. Revers avec le cheval complet
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête masculine à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à droite, retournant la tête en arrière ; les parties sexuelles extrêmement développées.
Commentary
Pour le droit, cet exemplaire se rapproche beaucoup plus de ceux de Lyon et de Zürich que du précédent. Au premier abord, ce revers avec le cheval complet n’est pas sans rappeler le bronze à légende ECCAIOS, LT 7472 attribué aux Parisii. Mais ce revers ne comporte pas de figure sous le cheval ; ses parties sexuelles et ses jambes seront néanmoins réinterprétées comme une sorte de temple (cf. MONNAIES XV n°385).
On the obverse, this example is much closer to those of Lyon and Zurich than to the previous one. At first glance, this reverse with the complete horse is reminiscent of the bronze with legend ECCAIOS, LT 7472 attributed to the Parisii. But this reverse does not have a figure under the horse; its genitals and legs will nevertheless be reinterpreted as a sort of temple (cf. COINS XV n°385)
On the obverse, this example is much closer to those of Lyon and Zurich than to the previous one. At first glance, this reverse with the complete horse is reminiscent of the bronze with legend ECCAIOS, LT 7472 attributed to the Parisii. But this reverse does not have a figure under the horse; its genitals and legs will nevertheless be reinterpreted as a sort of temple (cf. COINS XV n°385)
Historical background
BITURIGES CUBI / WESTERN CENTER, UNSPECIFIED
(1st century BC)
It is sometimes very difficult to decide on an attribution due to the lack of information on the location of the finds. On the other hand, a site that is too well excavated can distort our judgment because the concentration of specimens found on a given site does not necessarily correspond with the ancient reality. Numismatics like other sciences abhors a vacuum and has tried to fill them by all means, even at the cost of error. The uncertain coins attributed to the Bituriges Cubes are poorly known and little or poorly published. But in the Center-West, around Poitiers, Limoges or Bourges, these coins are known to local scholars who have classified them differently for a long time. Only active collaboration can allow us to better understand these coins and return them to whom it may concern..
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