Live auction - bga_1015253 - PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified Drachme aux deux chevaux, tête moustachue, série A2
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Live starting : Type : Drachme aux deux chevaux, tête moustachue, série A2
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Belle drachme très légèrement décentrée, présentant un superbe revers très bien venu. Patine grise aux légers reflets dorés
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.
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 right and reverse on the right, B for right and reverse on the left and C for right and reverse on the left). For this A2 series, the study of the RN 1996 only concerns the 3 examples of the BN (no. 5993-5995). This variant with the mustachioed head is particularly rare. The copy 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. 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 to us rather arbitrary...
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.
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 right and reverse on the right, B for right and reverse on the left and C for right and reverse on the left). For this A2 series, the study of the RN 1996 only concerns the 3 examples of the BN (no. 5993-5995). This variant with the mustachioed head is particularly rare. The copy 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. 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 to us rather arbitrary...
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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