Live auction - bga_1000740 - PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified Drachme aux deux chevaux, tête moustachue, série A2
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| End of the sale : | 03 June 2025 15:55:24 |
Type : Drachme aux deux chevaux, tête moustachue, série A2
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très belle drachme sur flan court et légèrement décentré au droit. De beaux reliefs. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête moustachue à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches aquitaniques, torque au cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux chevaux superposés courant à droite ; (dessus, triskèle) ; dessous, croix.
Commentary
Ces rares drachmes avec chevaux superposés au revers sont divisées en trois séries (A pour droit et revers à droite, B pour droit et revers à gauche et C pour droit à droite et revers à gauche). Pour cette série A2, l’étude de la RN 1996 ne porte que sur les 3 exemplaires de la BN (n° 5993-5995).
Cette variante avec la tête moustachue est particulièrement rare. L’exemplaire qui illustre l’étude de D. Nash, la RN 1996 et le Nouvel Atlas est aussi dessiné dans le LA TOUR (BN. 5994) ; il provient aussi du trésor d’Issoudun et Charnizay.
Deux drachmes de ce type mais en piètre état sont passées en vente ; l’une chez Burgan en 1993 et une autre chez Poindessault en 1986. Un troisième exemplaire, particulièrement bien frappé et conservé est passé en vente chez Vinchon en 1998 puis repassé en 2000 chez LEU.
L'attribution proposée dans le Nouvel Atlas est aux Bituriges, de même que les drachmes dites "au cavalier ailé des Pictons". Si l'attribution aux Pictons n'est pas totalement satisfaisante pour ces drachmes "aux deux chevaux", tout attribuer aux Bituriges nous semble assez arbitraire….
These rare drachmas with horses superimposed on the reverse are divided into three series (A for obverse and reverse on the right, B for obverse and reverse on the left and C for obverse on the right and reverse on the left). For this series A2, the study of the RN 1996 only concerns the 3 examples of the BN (n° 5993-5995). This variant with the moustached head is particularly rare. The example which illustrates the study of D. Nash, the RN 1996 and the New Atlas is also drawn in the LA TOUR (BN. 5994); it also comes from the treasure of Issoudun and Charnizay. Two drachmas of this type but in poor condition have been put up for sale; one at Burgan in 1993 and another at Poindessault in 1986. A third example, particularly well struck and preserved, was sold at Vinchon in 1998 and then re-sold at LEU in 2000. The attribution proposed in the New Atlas is to the Bituriges, as are the drachmas called \\\"with the winged rider of the Pictons\\\". If the attribution to the Pictons is not entirely satisfactory for these drachmas \\\"with two horses\\\", attributing everything to the Bituriges seems rather arbitrary to us...
Cette variante avec la tête moustachue est particulièrement rare. L’exemplaire qui illustre l’étude de D. Nash, la RN 1996 et le Nouvel Atlas est aussi dessiné dans le LA TOUR (BN. 5994) ; il provient aussi du trésor d’Issoudun et Charnizay.
Deux drachmes de ce type mais en piètre état sont passées en vente ; l’une chez Burgan en 1993 et une autre chez Poindessault en 1986. Un troisième exemplaire, particulièrement bien frappé et conservé est passé en vente chez Vinchon en 1998 puis repassé en 2000 chez LEU.
L'attribution proposée dans le Nouvel Atlas est aux Bituriges, de même que les drachmes dites "au cavalier ailé des Pictons". Si l'attribution aux Pictons n'est pas totalement satisfaisante pour ces drachmes "aux deux chevaux", tout attribuer aux Bituriges nous semble assez arbitraire….
These rare drachmas with horses superimposed on the reverse are divided into three series (A for obverse and reverse on the right, B for obverse and reverse on the left and C for obverse on the right and reverse on the left). For this series A2, the study of the RN 1996 only concerns the 3 examples of the BN (n° 5993-5995). This variant with the moustached head is particularly rare. The example which illustrates the study of D. Nash, the RN 1996 and the New Atlas is also drawn in the LA TOUR (BN. 5994); it also comes from the treasure of Issoudun and Charnizay. Two drachmas of this type but in poor condition have been put up for sale; one at Burgan in 1993 and another at Poindessault in 1986. A third example, particularly well struck and preserved, was sold at Vinchon in 1998 and then re-sold at LEU in 2000. The attribution proposed in the New Atlas is to the Bituriges, as are the drachmas called \\\"with the winged rider of the Pictons\\\". If the attribution to the Pictons is not entirely satisfactory for these drachmas \\\"with two horses\\\", attributing everything to the Bituriges seems rather arbitrary to us...
Historical background
PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Many heavy drachmas, with a rider or superimposed horses are difficult to classify. These early coins originate from the confines of Berry and Touraine; often attributed to the Pictons or the Bituriges. If the typology does not make it possible to determine an attribution to such or such people, the distribution of the discoveries is hardly more precise and the conclusions of their metallic analysis are ultimately rather disappointing..
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