v55_0543 - HELVETII (Currently Switzerland) Bronze au lion dégénéré des drachmes de Transpadane
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 590.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 250.00 €
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 590.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 250.00 €
Type : Bronze au lion dégénéré des drachmes de Transpadane
Date: c. 80 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, sur un flan régulier, légèrement scyphate, avec des types complets des deux côtés. Frappe vigoureuse, légèrement décentrée au revers. Patine verte, avec une zone plus sombre au revers derrière le sanglier
Predigree :
Cet exemplare provient de la collection de Jorg Muller
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête très stylisée à droite, la chevelure traitée en mèches ondulées et parallèles, le nez et l’œil marqués ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : C(RÉTROGRADE) I ENTRE LES JAMBES DU SANGLIER.
Reverse description : Sanglier très stylisé à droite, sur une ligne d’exergue.
Commentary
Le HMZ sur les monnaies suissses de l’Antiquité signale les provenances de Grand-Saint-Bernhard, Martigny et du canton de Wallis. Ce type proviendrait, selon A. Geiser (RSN 1984), des Véragres (Valais). Les attributions traditionnelles vont entre les Salasses et les Véragres. L’attribution aux Ambiens dans le LA TOUR reste une énigme !
A. Potasso distingues plusieurs variantes dans cette rare série, selon les ornements entre les pattes du sanglier ; cet exemplaire correspond uniquement au n° 85 de son ouvrage (ce dernier provient du Grand-Saint-Bernard) ! Notre exemplaire est d’une rare qualité ; il semble être issu des mêmes coins de droit et de revers que le seul exemplaire que nous ayons retrouvé dans tous les musées publiés ; celui de Zurich (n° 1058) lui-même repris en 1863 par Meyer pour illustrer son ouvrage !.
The HMZ on Swiss coins from Antiquity indicates the provenances of Great St. Bernhard, Martigny and the canton of Wallis. This type would come, according to A. Geiser (RSN 1984), from the Veragri (Valais). The traditional attributions go between the Salasses and the Veragri. The attribution to the Ambiens in the LA TOUR remains an enigma! A. Potasso distinguishes several variants in this rare series, according to the ornaments between the boar's legs; this example corresponds only to No. 85 of his work (the latter comes from the Great St. Bernard)! Our example is of rare quality; it seems to come from the same obverse and reverse dies as the only example that we have found in all the published museums: that of Zurich (No. 1058) itself taken in 1863 by Meyer to illustrate his work!
A. Potasso distingues plusieurs variantes dans cette rare série, selon les ornements entre les pattes du sanglier ; cet exemplaire correspond uniquement au n° 85 de son ouvrage (ce dernier provient du Grand-Saint-Bernard) ! Notre exemplaire est d’une rare qualité ; il semble être issu des mêmes coins de droit et de revers que le seul exemplaire que nous ayons retrouvé dans tous les musées publiés ; celui de Zurich (n° 1058) lui-même repris en 1863 par Meyer pour illustrer son ouvrage !.
The HMZ on Swiss coins from Antiquity indicates the provenances of Great St. Bernhard, Martigny and the canton of Wallis. This type would come, according to A. Geiser (RSN 1984), from the Veragri (Valais). The traditional attributions go between the Salasses and the Veragri. The attribution to the Ambiens in the LA TOUR remains an enigma! A. Potasso distinguishes several variants in this rare series, according to the ornaments between the boar's legs; this example corresponds only to No. 85 of his work (the latter comes from the Great St. Bernard)! Our example is of rare quality; it seems to come from the same obverse and reverse dies as the only example that we have found in all the published museums: that of Zurich (No. 1058) itself taken in 1863 by Meyer to illustrate his work!
Historical background
HELVETII (Currently Switzerland)
(3rd - 1st century BC)
The Helvetians occupied the territory of present-day Switzerland. Their neighbors were the Séquanes and the Allobroges. According to Pliny's account, it was Helicon, a Helvetian, who would have made wine known to the Gauls, which would have pushed them to invade Italy in the 4th century BC.. -VS. The Helvetians were divided into four pagi including the Tigurins and the Verbigenins. In 58 BC. -VS. , according to Caesar, their territory included forty-two strongholds and four hundred villages. They are at the origin of the intervention of the Roman armies in Gaul. Indeed, pushed by the Germans, they would have decided to emigrate towards the West towards the country of Santons, by crossing the territory of Séquanes, Lingons and Aedui. The latter appealed to Caesar to defend them in the name of the friendship that bound them to the Romans.. The Helvetians, to be sure not to return, destroyed their villages, their houses and their crops.. Defeated near Bibracte, the survivors were forced to return to their home territory. The Helvetians provided a contingent of eight thousand men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I; IV, 10; VI, 25; VII, 75). Kruta: 16, 44, 51, 71, 94, 244, 310, 312, 338, 350, 352-353, 359, 362, 364.
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