v15_0471 - MIDDLE LOIRE Potin dégénéré aux croissants et au triskèle
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Potin dégénéré aux croissants et au triskèle
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’oxydation sur le droit. Défaut de coulée presque bouché sous le nez
Catalogue references :
LT.manque - BN.6219-6235 - ABT.116 var. - PK.45-48 var. - Sch/L.- - Sch/SM.- - Sch/D.- - Z.- - BMCC.manque
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Petite tête casquée à gauche avec l'œil en creux, accostée de chaque côté d'un croissant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Restes d'un quadrupède passant (à droite ?), surmonté d'un petit croissant et avec un triskèle au-dessous.
Commentary
Au droit, la tête est accostée de deux croissants. L’animal du revers n’a que les deux pattes avant ; il est encadré d’un croissant au-dessus et d’un triskèle au-dessous. Le corps de l’animal est recouvert de deux croissants orientés différemment et de deux points. Ces caractéristiques manquent au Gäumann. Semble inédit.
On the obverse, the head is flanked by two crescents. The animal on the reverse has only two front legs; it is framed by a crescent above and a triskelion below. The animal's body is covered by two differently oriented crescents and two dots. These features are missing from the Gäumann. Seems unpublished
On the obverse, the head is flanked by two crescents. The animal on the reverse has only two front legs; it is framed by a crescent above and a triskelion below. The animal's body is covered by two differently oriented crescents and two dots. These features are missing from the Gäumann. Seems unpublished
Historical background
MIDDLE LOIRE
(1st century BC)
The "so-called" degenerate crescent or crescent and triskele potin are imitations, perhaps copied from the passing bull potin (LT. 5284), formerly attributed to the Mandubians, is today reclassified as "central de Gaul". This potin is itself copied from the bronzes of Marseilles with the bull. The great diversity that can exist between different potin does not facilitate a recurring attribution. A solution could come to us from across the Channel once again. One of the examples in the Oxford museum from the collection of D. Allen is supposed to come from the camp of Amboise (Indre-et-Loire), in the Turons country. This type is reputed to come from the Chartres treasure (Blanchet, ABT. fig. 116). The maximalist "Middle Loire" attribution is valid, but not definitive.
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