v25_0685 - PARISII (Area of Paris) Quart de statère d’or
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 3 800.00 €
Estimate : 6 500.00 €
Realised price : 3 800.00 €
Starting price : 3 800.00 €
Estimate : 6 500.00 €
Realised price : 3 800.00 €
Type : Quart de statère d’or
Date: Ier siècle av. J.-C
Mint name / Town : Paris (75)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 17,9 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,15 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan large, très légèrement décentré au droit et complet au revers. Un coup de burin (?) sur la joue et sa trace au revers. Faiblesse de frappe sur le cheval
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Bourgey du 15 novembre 1972, n° 236
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure en croissants ; grènetis en relief et double grènetis en creux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à gauche, une esse devant la tête; une rosace perlée au-dessus du dos sous un filet accosté d'un croissant de part et d'autre ; trois globules en triangle au-dessus de la queue ; grènetis.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a été frappé avec les mêmes coins de droit et de revers que l'exemplaire BN 7801. Le coin de droit est caractéristique avec le double grènetis en creux et le coin de revers aussi, avec les trois globules au-dessus de la queue. Ce détail du revers semble d'ailleurs être excessivement rare! Exemplaire de poids particulièrement lourd ; avec ses 2,15 grammes, c'est le plus lourd exemplaire connu, après celui de Zurich (Peter Werhahn, 2,35 grammes).
This example was struck with the same obverse and reverse dies as example BN 7801. The obverse die is characteristic with the double intaglio graining and the reverse die as well, with the three globules above the tail. This detail of the reverse also seems to be extremely rare! A particularly heavy example; at 2.15 grams, it is the heaviest known example, after that of Zurich (Peter Werhahn, 2.35 grams)
This example was struck with the same obverse and reverse dies as example BN 7801. The obverse die is characteristic with the double intaglio graining and the reverse die as well, with the three globules above the tail. This detail of the reverse also seems to be extremely rare! A particularly heavy example; at 2.15 grams, it is the heaviest known example, after that of Zurich (Peter Werhahn, 2.35 grams)
Historical background
PARISII (Area of Paris)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Parisii were a small but powerful people whose oppidum was Lutèce. Related to the Sénons, the Parisii and the city would have emancipated themselves from their tutelage, relatively late, after the Arverne defeat of 121 BC. The wealth of the Parisii rested on the river control of the Seine and the confluences with the Marne, Bièvre, Ourcq and Oise. César chooses Lutèce, in 53 before J. - C. to convene the assembly of the Gallic peoples. The Parisii were among the first to answer the call of Vercingetorix, the following year, in 52 BC, and they provided a contingent of eight thousand men for the relief army. Watched over by Labienus, friend and legate of Caesar, the territory of the Parisii was the scene of the last battles between Gauls and Romans. Eventually, the Aulercan chief Camulogenes was defeated and killed near Lutetia. Caesar (BG. VI, 3; VII, 4, 34, 57, 75). Kruta: 36, 40 46, 68, 365, 368.
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