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E-auction 29-9542 - bga_175467 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Denier SOLIMA/COLIMA au gros œil

GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Denier SOLIMA/COLIMA au gros œil XF
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Estimate : 85 €
Price : 38 €
Maximum bid : 43 €
End of the sale : 04 November 2013 15:19:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Denier SOLIMA/COLIMA au gros œil
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,8 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Denier frappé sur un flan relativement large et ovale, sans patine. Droit et revers à peu près centrés, mais néanmoins incomplets
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [SOLIMA].
Obverse description : Tête à gauche au gros œil, la chevelure en mèches ondulées parallèles ; légende devant le visage ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : [COLIMA].
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à gauche, une sorte de poisson à droite entre les pattes ; légende au-dessus du cheval ; grènetis.

Commentary


Cet exemplaire offre une tête typique de la classe II. La légende est complète, mais en bord de flan au droit et complètement hors flan au revers qui présente en revanche un très beau poisson fortement stylisé sous le cheval.

Historical background


GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Leuques are mentioned only once in the Gallic Wars. Their neighbors were the Médiomatriques, the Lingons and the Séquanes. The Leuques as well as the Séquanes and the Lingones provided Caesar with wheat when the Roman army stopped at Vesontio (Besançon) to refuel before facing the Germans of Ariovistus (58 BC). Caesar (BG. I, 40).

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