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Live auction - bga_1123616 - ELYSIQUES (oppidum of Ensérune) Obole à la tête de face

ELYSIQUES (oppidum of Ensérune) Obole à la tête de face AU/VF
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 720 €
Maximum bid : 850 €
End of the sale : 12 May 2026 15:06:52
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Obole à la tête de face
Date: c. 515-500 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 6,5 mm
Weight : 0,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Droit bien venu, de haut relief. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête (lion ?) de face.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix en relief dans un carré creux.

Commentary


Pierre-Yves Melmoux et Jean-Albert Chevillon, “Une émission archaïque pour les Elisyques” (Bulletin de l’Association Numismatique du Rousillon n°62, 2023).
Pierre-Yves Melmoux and Jean-Albert Chevillon, “An archaic issue for the Elisyques” (Bulletin of the Numismatic Association of Roussillon No. 62, 2023)

Historical background


ELYSIQUES (oppidum of Ensérune)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Elysians are a small people from the Narbonne region, of Iberian origin whose oppidum could be identified with Ensérune. He is known to us by a mention of Herodotus, "the father of History", who indicates that Gallic mercenaries (Élysiques) would have served in the Carthaginian army in 480 BC, at the time of the siege of 'Himera (Sicily). Sources: Herodotus (H. VII, 165).

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