E-auction 12-2842 - bga_131660 - GALLIA BELGICA - BELLOVACI, UNSPECIFIED Bronze “au nageur et aux coqs affrontés”

GALLIA BELGICA - BELLOVACI, UNSPECIFIED Bronze “au nageur et aux coqs affrontés” VF

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	20 €
Maximum bid :	20 €
End of the sale :	08 July 2013 15:08:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Bronze “au nageur et aux coqs affrontés”

Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.

Mint name / Town : Beauvais (60)

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 16,23 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 1,99 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Bronze bien centré sur un flan large, complètement identifiable, mais à la surface granuleuse. Patine verte

Catalogue references :

LT.manque - DT.520

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Nageur, nu et barbu, passant à droite, les flots représentés par des volutes.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Deux coqs au poitrail à tête humaine affrontés.

Commentary

Sur les exemplaires bien frappés, et bien conservés, on peut distinguer les mailles d'un filet. Il devient possible de supposer que le droit illustre une scène de sacrifice, avec des pierres dans le fond du filet.
On well-struck and well-preserved examples, the mesh of a net can be distinguished. It becomes possible to suppose that the obverse illustrates a scene of sacrifice, with stones in the bottom of the net.