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Live auction - bga_574158 - PARISII, Unspecified (Area of Paris) Drachme au cheval androcéphale, LT. 7858
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 815 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:54:17 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme au cheval androcéphale, LT. 7858
Date: c. 60-52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,04 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie recouverte d’une épaisse patine foncée. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche ; la chevelure en longues mèches ornées d’esses et de croissants ; une lyre devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale à gauche entre deux rouelles à huit rayons ; restes du vexillum devant le poitrail.
Commentary
Cette monnaie est rarissime. Traditionnellement classée aux Parisii, dans le LA TOUR II, nous avions été plus prudents en indiquant Région parisienne. Les auteurs du Nouvel Atlas illustrent un exemplaire sur flan court mais avec une lyre devant le visage au droit. Le classement qui y est proposé va au Vexin français, sud-ouest de la Région Parisienne. Ils évoquent un peuple limitrophe des Parisii, tels que les Durocasses (peuple à qui sont parfois attribuées le rare statère LT. 7816 et les quarts LT. 7804).
Ce type de drachme est exceptionnel ! Selon le MONETA, seulement cinq exemplaires sont recensés ; le DT. 670 en collection privée, un seul exemplaire à la BN, deux exemplaires trouvés à Bû (Eure-et-Loir) et le seul exemplaire passé en vente, celui de la vente Baron du 27/11/2000, n° 2.
Dans son ouvrage “Les monnaies gauloises des Parisii”, J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu mentionne la rare drachme LT. 7858 représentée par cet unique exemplaire en 1970. Il faisait remarquer un style armoricain.
This coin is extremely rare. Traditionally classified in Parisii, in LA TOUR II, we were more cautious in indicating Paris region. The authors of the Nouvel Atlas illustrate a example on a short blank but with a lyre in front of the face on the right. The classification proposed there goes to the French Vexin, southwest of the Paris Region. They evoke a people bordering the Parisii, such as the Durocasses (a people to whom the rare stater LT. 7816 and the quarters LT. 7804 are sometimes attributed). This type of drachma is exceptional! According to MONETA, only five examples are listed; the DT. 670 in private collection, a single example at the BN, two examples found in Bû (Eure-et-Loir) and the only example put up for sale, that of the Baron sale of 11/27/2000, n° 2. In its work “The Gallic Coins of the Parisii”, J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu mentions the rare LT drachma. 7858 represented by this unique example in 1970. It highlighted an Armorican style
Ce type de drachme est exceptionnel ! Selon le MONETA, seulement cinq exemplaires sont recensés ; le DT. 670 en collection privée, un seul exemplaire à la BN, deux exemplaires trouvés à Bû (Eure-et-Loir) et le seul exemplaire passé en vente, celui de la vente Baron du 27/11/2000, n° 2.
Dans son ouvrage “Les monnaies gauloises des Parisii”, J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu mentionne la rare drachme LT. 7858 représentée par cet unique exemplaire en 1970. Il faisait remarquer un style armoricain.
This coin is extremely rare. Traditionally classified in Parisii, in LA TOUR II, we were more cautious in indicating Paris region. The authors of the Nouvel Atlas illustrate a example on a short blank but with a lyre in front of the face on the right. The classification proposed there goes to the French Vexin, southwest of the Paris Region. They evoke a people bordering the Parisii, such as the Durocasses (a people to whom the rare stater LT. 7816 and the quarters LT. 7804 are sometimes attributed). This type of drachma is exceptional! According to MONETA, only five examples are listed; the DT. 670 in private collection, a single example at the BN, two examples found in Bû (Eure-et-Loir) and the only example put up for sale, that of the Baron sale of 11/27/2000, n° 2. In its work “The Gallic Coins of the Parisii”, J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu mentions the rare LT drachma. 7858 represented by this unique example in 1970. It highlighted an Armorican style
Historical background
PARISII, Unspecified (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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