bga_510140 - GALLIA BELGICA PAGUS CATUSLUGI - Sanctuary of BOIS L'ABBÉ (Seine-Maritime) Bronze VIIRICIVS, classe III
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Type : Bronze VIIRICIVS, classe III
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais à l’usure importante. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Grosse tête stylisée à droite, un annelet pointé devant la bouche, un autre devant le front et un dernier derrière la nuque ; le cou orné d’un collier (?).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRICI.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à gauche, un annelet devant l’encolure et deux au-dessus du dos du cheval ; une ancre au-dessous.
Commentary
La classe III a un revers comparable à celui de la classe II, mais avec une tête à droite. Les croissant laissent la place à un gros annelet pointé devant la bouche, entouré de deux ou trois plus petits annelets.
Class III has a backhand comparable to Class II, but with a right-handed head. The crescent gives way to a large ringlet pointed in front of the mouth, surrounded by two or three smaller ringlets
Class III has a backhand comparable to Class II, but with a right-handed head. The crescent gives way to a large ringlet pointed in front of the mouth, surrounded by two or three smaller ringlets
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA PAGUS CATUSLUGI - Sanctuary of BOIS L'ABBÉ (Seine-Maritime)
(1st century BC)
Already in 1977, S. Scheers evoked the idea of a coinage of Pagus for the type VIIRICIVS (op. cit.p.129-130) which recalls the finds of the sanctuary of Bois l'Abbé in Eu (Seine-Maritime) (LPD. p.32-45) where 161 pieces of the 4 classes were discovered and analyzed. These coins, found in large quantities, doubtless constituted cash with a regional vocation (LPD. 1984, p. 65-92). A plaque found on the spot in 1965, near the theater evokes a pagus Catuslugi already mentioned by Pliny (HN. IV, 31).
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