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Live auction - bga_574132 - DUROCASSIS (Area of Dreux) Quart de statère d’or à l’oreille centrée d’un point

DUROCASSIS (Area of Dreux) Quart de statère d’or à l’oreille centrée d’un point VF/XF
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Estimate : 1 200 €
Price : 600 €
Maximum bid : 600 €
End of the sale : 16 June 2020 15:49:10
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Quart de statère d’or à l’oreille centrée d’un point
Date: IIe-Ier siècles avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Dreux (28)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,92 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie homogène, sur un flan un peu court, avec le droit et le revers complets. Usure homogène ou frappe un peu molle. Agréable patine sur un bon or
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête masculine à droite, la chevelure en grosses mèches divisées en triangles, imitée de Philippe II.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval harnaché à droite avec un aurige sur la croupe ; un gros croissant (surmonté de trois petits globules posés en triangle) entre les jambes du cheval.

Commentary


Ces monnaie sont rares et semblent toujours n’avoir qu’une seule face bien frappée (?).

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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