Live auction - bga_929087 - DUROCASSIS (Area of Dreux) Quart de statère d’or à l’oreille centrée d’un point
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| End of the sale : | 09 July 2024 15:43:31 |
Type : Quart de statère d’or à l’oreille centrée d’un point
Date: c. 120-70 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Joli quart bien centré, la frappe est un peu molle au droit et le revers est finement détaillé. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée d’Alexandre le Grand sous les traits de Zeus-Ammon cornu à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Char galopant à droite, conduit par un aurige ; devant le cheval, une lyre ; sous le cheval, un symbole indéterminé (vase ?).
Commentary
Au droit, le visage ne semble pas timbré d’une lyre, mais est mal venu à la frappe. Au revers, la lyre n’est plus sous le cheval, mais devant celui-ci. Un autre symbole est venu s’intercaler dans la composition. Le droit est copié sur le monnayage d’or et d’argent de Lysimaque.
On the right, the face does not seem to be stamped with a lyre, but is poorly struck. On the reverse, the lyre is no longer under the horse, but in front of it. Another symbol has been inserted into the composition. The law is copied from the gold and silver coinage of Lysimachus
On the right, the face does not seem to be stamped with a lyre, but is poorly struck. On the reverse, the lyre is no longer under the horse, but in front of it. Another symbol has been inserted into the composition. The law is copied from the gold and silver coinage of Lysimachus
Historical background
DUROCASSIS (Area of Dreux)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Durocasses are not cited by Caesar in the Gallic Wars. They seem to have emancipated themselves from Carnut tutelage quite late, like the Parisii from that of the Senones. Their name means "the warriors of the fortified hill"..
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