v15_0288 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux) Drachme “au style flamboyant”
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 138.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 138.00 €
Type : Drachme “au style flamboyant”
Date: c. 121-52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait, malgré une usure prononcée. Faiblesse de frappe au revers sur le 1er canton
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche ; œil de profil, l’oreille en esse et les mèches de cheveux enroulées sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix à quatre cantons, non bouletée : globule aux 1er et 4e cantons ; globule dans un carré curviligne au 2e ; hache au 3e canton.
Commentary
Flan découpé au burin. Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire illustré dans l’ouvrage de G. Savès, planche XI (exemplaire du musée de Périgueux n° 343).
Flank cut with a burin. Appears to have the same corners as the example illustrated in the work of G. Savès, plate XI (example from the Périgueux museum no. 343)
Flank cut with a burin. Appears to have the same corners as the example illustrated in the work of G. Savès, plate XI (example from the Périgueux museum no. 343)
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - PETROCORII (Area of Perigueux)
(1st century BC)
The Pétrocoriens or Pétrocores whose territory extended between the Dordogne and the Vézère on the current department of the Dordogne, (the former Périgord) had Périgueux for capital. They were part of Celtic Gaul and will then be attached to Aquitaine. They appear late as the Nitiobroges at the time of the final phase of the Gallic Wars. They provided a contingent of 5,000 men to the relief army. Strabo pointed out that the Petrocores were very good metallurgists and worked iron. Sources: Caesar (BG. VII, 75, Strabo IV, 2, 2).
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