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bga_165164 - PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified Bronze au cheval retourné

PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified Bronze au cheval retourné VF/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Bronze au cheval retourné
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,94 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et irrégulier pour ce rare type de bronze, mais droit et revers presque complets. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la coiffure en mèches dites "aquitaniques" ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale à droite ; la tête retournée, la queue enroulée et un membre sexuel surdéveloppé entre les jambes.

Commentary


Ce bronze constitue à lui seul la série 1292 "bronze à la tête aquitanique et à l'androcéphale casquée" du Nouvel Atlas.

Historical background


PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified

(1st century BC)

Several types traditionally given to the Pictons see their attribution questioned for a more general geographical area such as Center-West or Great-West of Gaul. Some also propose an attribution to a military workshop, perhaps linked to the Aedui... We must not imagine or dream of the Gallic, or even Celtic, economic space as closed. coins prove us wrong every day.

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