E-auction 239-162455 - bga_164199 - GALLIA - MID-WEST, UNSPECIFIED Obole ou quinaire au cavalier

GALLIA - MID-WEST, UNSPECIFIED Obole ou quinaire au cavalier XF

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	36 €
Maximum bid :	37 €
End of the sale :	13 November 2017 14:08:00
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Obole ou quinaire au cavalier

Date: IIe - Ier siècles avant J.-C.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 11,5 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 0,98 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire, bien centré sur un flan large mais au contour irrégulier. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

LT.manque - DT.3427-3428 - BN.? - Z.- - Sch/L.- - Sch/D.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire CELTIC VI

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, la joue assez forte ; grènetis.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cavalier à droite, tenant une lance au-dessus de son épaule de la main droite, et les rênes de la gauche.

Commentary

Ce monnayage jusqu'alors inédit est repris dans le Nouvel Atlas Tome III comme type III "à la cavalière" de la série 1088 "fractions en argent des peuples centraux". La chevelure y est décrite "élaborée faite de trois rangées de petites boucles arrondies". Sur cet exemplaire, il semblerait qu'Apollon soit plutôt lauré ! Au revers, le flan large (bien qu'au contour irrégulier) permet d'avoir le type complet.
This previously unpublished coinage is included in the New Atlas Volume III as type III \\\"with a horsewoman\\\" from series 1088 \\\"silver fractions of the central peoples\\\". The hair is described as \\\"elaborate made of three rows of small rounded curls\\\". On this example, it would seem that Apollo is rather laureate! On the reverse, the wide flan (although with an irregular outline) allows us to have the complete type