Live auction - bga_835994 - DANUBIAN CELTS - IMITATIONS OF THE TETRADRACHMS OF PHILIP II AND HIS SUCCESSORS Tétradrachme “au rameau”
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 15:39:55 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme “au rameau”
Date: (IIe-Ier siècles avant J.-C.)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 14,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie sur un flan épais et centré. Très beau portrait de Zeus au droit, finement détaillé. Revers tréflé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Norbert Michaud, fameux collectionneur d’art japonais
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à gauche, grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier au pas à gauche, tenant une palme de la main droite ; le cheval lève l'antérieur à droite ; légende dégénérée autour du cheval.
Reverse legend : FILIP - POU
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est celui de MONNAIES 28, n° 688. Ce tétradrachme semble être des mêmes coins que le n° 688 de MONNAIES 28 et du n° 3 de la vente LANZ 154. Mis à part ces exemplaires, ce type précis semble manquer à tous les ouvrages et catalogues de musées consultés.
Si le statère d’or de Philippe II de Macédoine a servi de prototype à de nombreuses imitations gauloises, le tétradrachme n’a pas été imité en Gaule, mais reste principal sujet d’inspiration des monnaies pour les Celtes du Danube (LT. 9697-9767, 9768-9832, 9618-9630, 9870-9886). Les premières imitations furent frappées dans le premier quart du IIIe siècle avant J.-C. La fabrication des copies serviles, puis des imitations, enfin des frappes celtiques continuèrent pendant plus de deux siècles.
This example is that of MONNAIES 28, n° 688. This tetradrachm seems to be from the same dies as n° 688 of MONNAIES 28 and n° 3 of the LANZ 154 sale. Apart from these examples, this precise type seems to be missing from all works and museum catalogs consulted. If the gold stater of Philip II of Macedonia served as a prototype for numerous Gallic imitations, the tetradrachm was not imitated in Gaul, but remained the main subject of inspiration for the coins of the Celts of the Danube (LT. 9697 -9767, 9768-9832, 9618-9630, 9870-9886). The first imitations were struck in the first quarter of the 3rd century BC. The manufacture of servile examples, then imitations, and finally Celtic mintings continued for more than two centuries.
Si le statère d’or de Philippe II de Macédoine a servi de prototype à de nombreuses imitations gauloises, le tétradrachme n’a pas été imité en Gaule, mais reste principal sujet d’inspiration des monnaies pour les Celtes du Danube (LT. 9697-9767, 9768-9832, 9618-9630, 9870-9886). Les premières imitations furent frappées dans le premier quart du IIIe siècle avant J.-C. La fabrication des copies serviles, puis des imitations, enfin des frappes celtiques continuèrent pendant plus de deux siècles.
This example is that of MONNAIES 28, n° 688. This tetradrachm seems to be from the same dies as n° 688 of MONNAIES 28 and n° 3 of the LANZ 154 sale. Apart from these examples, this precise type seems to be missing from all works and museum catalogs consulted. If the gold stater of Philip II of Macedonia served as a prototype for numerous Gallic imitations, the tetradrachm was not imitated in Gaul, but remained the main subject of inspiration for the coins of the Celts of the Danube (LT. 9697 -9767, 9768-9832, 9618-9630, 9870-9886). The first imitations were struck in the first quarter of the 3rd century BC. The manufacture of servile examples, then imitations, and finally Celtic mintings continued for more than two centuries.
Historical background
DANUBIAN CELTS - IMITATIONS OF THE TETRADRACHMS OF PHILIP II AND HIS SUCCESSORS
(3rd-1st century BC)
Under this title are generally grouped all the coinages that do not have a precise attribution. Sometimes the term "Eastern Celts" is offered. After the Celts plundered Delphi and spread through Greece and Asia Minor, they seized a significant amount of spoils, thanks to their plunder. The Hellenistic kings, Diadoques or Epigones, used them as mercenaries in their armies where the average salary was normally one stater of gold corresponding to five tetradrachms of Attic standard or twenty drachms. The prototypes which represented the head of Zeus with a horseman were widely copied and imitated throughout the Balkans, northern Macedonia and Thrace. The final phase of the coinage occurs at the end of the 2nd century or the beginning of the first century BC where there are no traces of the obverse and the reverse as well as legends more than a domed face of a coin. practically smooth on both sides.
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