Live auction - bga_1186189 - GALLIA BELGICA PAGUS CATUSLUGI - Sanctuary of BOIS L'ABBÉ (Seine-Maritime) Bronze VIIRICIVS, classe II, cheval à droite
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Live starting : Type : Bronze VIIRICIVS, classe II, cheval à droite
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,50 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau bronze sur flan court et centré, bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, les cheveux entourés d'un cordon perlé (terminé par une volute sur la nuque), deux annelets perlés et pointés devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [VIIRICIVS].
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite, un annelet pointé au-dessus de la croupe, légende au-dessus et un autre annelet pointé devant les naseaux ; une ancre sous le cheval.
Commentary
Ce revers avec le cheval à droite semble extrêmement rare. La publication des monnaies de Bois-l'Abbé mentionne ce bronze sans en illustrer, tout comme le Traité de S. Scheers. Dans le Nouvel Atlas, les auteurs n'ont pas illustré ce revers. Seul le catalogue du musée de Péronne illustre un exemplaire, d'ailleurs de qualité médiocre.
This reverse with the horse on the right seems extremely rare. The publication of the coins of Bois-l'Abbé mentions this bronze without illustrating it, just like the Treatise of S. Scheers. In the New Atlas, the authors did not illustrate this reverse. Only the catalog of the Péronne museum illustrates a example, moreover of mediocre quality
This reverse with the horse on the right seems extremely rare. The publication of the coins of Bois-l'Abbé mentions this bronze without illustrating it, just like the Treatise of S. Scheers. In the New Atlas, the authors did not illustrate this reverse. Only the catalog of the Péronne museum illustrates a example, moreover of mediocre quality
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA PAGUS CATUSLUGI - Sanctuary of BOIS L'ABBÉ (Seine-Maritime)
(1st century BC)
Already in 1977, S. Scheers evoked the idea of a coinage of Pagus for the type VIIRICIVS (op. cit.p.129-130) which recalls the finds of the sanctuary of Bois l'Abbé in Eu (Seine-Maritime) (LPD. p.32-45) where 161 pieces of the 4 classes were discovered and analyzed. These coins, found in large quantities, doubtless constituted cash with a regional vocation (LPD. 1984, p. 65-92). A plaque found on the spot in 1965, near the theater evokes a pagus Catuslugi already mentioned by Pliny (HN. IV, 31).
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