Live auction - bga_828866 - ELYSIQUES (oppidum of Ensérune) Obole au bucrane, imitation de Marseille
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Live starting : Type : Obole au bucrane, imitation de Marseille
Date: c. 200-121 AC. ou c. 90-70 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Jolie petite monnaie bien centrée des deux côtés. Une tête agréable au droit, usure régulière. Beau revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Apollon stylisée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M-A DANS LES 3E ET 4E CANTONS .
Reverse description : Roue à rayons avec moyeu central et un bucrane à l’envers occupant les deux premiers cantons.
Commentary
Au droit, la plupart de ces oboles ont une masse plus ou moins informe en guise de tête. Certaines ont quand même une tête réaliste, proche du prototype marseillais, comme celle-ci. De très rares exemplaires sont connus avec la tête à droite.
On the right, most of these obols have a more or less shapeless mass as a head. Some still have a realistic head, close to the Marseille prototype, like this one. Very rare examples are known with the head on the right
On the right, most of these obols have a more or less shapeless mass as a head. Some still have a realistic head, close to the Marseille prototype, like this one. Very rare examples are known with the head on the right
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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