Live auction - bga_823674 - GALLIA - HELVETII/ ARVERNI - Unspecified Hémi-statère d’or, imitation du type de Philippe - type de Montmorot
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| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | 3 700 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 700 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:53:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Hémi-statère d’or, imitation du type de Philippe - type de Montmorot
Date: c. 120-60 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 4,15 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique monnaie sur un flan court et bien centré. Tête de toute beauté au droit,usure superficielle. Superbe revers bien venu à la frappe
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection André Libaud
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon à droite, la chevelure abondante.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Bige à droite, conduit par un aurige, sur une ligne d'exergue ; un motif circulaire sous le cheval et une pseudo-légende en exergue.
Commentary
Type dérivé des émissions grecques de l’atelier d’Abydos, le monogramme AP est visible sous le cheval sur les premières imitations. Sur cet exemplaire, on devine toujours un motif sous le bige.
A type derived from Greek issues from the Abydos workshop, the AP monogram is visible under the horse on early imitations. On this example, a motif can still be seen under the biga
A type derived from Greek issues from the Abydos workshop, the AP monogram is visible under the horse on early imitations. On this example, a motif can still be seen under the biga
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....
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