Live auction - bga_781707 - GALLIA - HELVETII/ ARVERNI - Unspecified Quart de statère d’or, imitation du type de Philippe

GALLIA - HELVETII/ ARVERNI - Unspecified Quart de statère d’or, imitation du type de Philippe AU

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Estimate :	4 000 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	06 December 2022 16:00:11

Type : Quart de statère d’or, imitation du type de Philippe

Date: c. 120-60 AC.

Metal : gold

Diameter : 11,5 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 2,06 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie bien centrée. Joli portrait. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

LT.- - DT.3015

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite, la chevelure abondante.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE À L’EXERGUE.

Reverse description : Char à droite, conduit par un aurige, sur une ligne d'exergue ; un motif circulaire (tête coupée ?) sous le cheval et une pseudo-légende en exergue.

Commentary

Les rares monnaies du type de Ménestreau ont été découvertes en France et en Suisse. Leur attribution est donc discutable... Cet exemplaire est très proche du n° 102 de Sills (du musée de Zurich) ; les deux sont frappés avec les mêmes coins de droit et de revers.
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Historical background

GALLIA - HELVETII/ ARVERNI - Unspecified

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

These early staters are the first gold coins, imitated from the stater of Philip II, circulating in Gaul. If many types are distinguished, mainly from the workshop of the prototype and the style, their map of distribution often makes futile this or that attribution to this or that people modeled on the geography "à la Julius César", contemporary with the Gallic Wars! If the name "proto-Helvetian" is justified for commercial reasons, the Swiss being reputed to be better buyers, these first Celtic imitations have a very vast area of distribution, throughout Western Europe, often without an epicenter. allowing to propose a localization even summary of the workshop....