v15_0302 - ELUSATES (Area of the Gers) Drachme “au cheval”
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 190.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 246.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 429.00 €
Starting price : 190.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 246.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 429.00 €
Type : Drachme “au cheval”
Date: c. 121-52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré, avec une frappe légèrement faible. Flan scyphate au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête disloquée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Restes de cheval passant à gauche.
Commentary
Poids léger, compatible avec la trouvaille de Laujuzan dans le Gers où un exemplaire similaire au nôtre pesait 2,30 g.
Light weight, compatible with the find at Laujuzan in the Gers where a specimen similar to ours weighed 2.30 g
Light weight, compatible with the find at Laujuzan in the Gers where a specimen similar to ours weighed 2.30 g
Historical background
ELUSATES (Area of the Gers)
(3rd-2nd century BC)
Small people of Aquitaine who occupied part of the current department of Gers, corresponding to the former county of Condomois (Comdom). Their capital was Elusa (Eauze, Gers). The Elusates were subjugated in 56 BC by Publius Licinius Crassus, lieutenant of Caesar, the son of Crassus who campaigned in Aquitaine. Sources: Caesar (BG. III, 27).
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