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Live auction - bga_388806 - PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified Bronze VIRETIOS

PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified Bronze VIRETIOS AU
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Estimate : 700 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 28 June 2016 15:38:19
Type : Bronze VIRETIOS
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,96 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bronze de qualité pour ce type rare, avec un droit et un revers complets. Épaisse patine sombre et homogène
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : [VIRETIOS].
Obverse description : Tête casquée à droite, légende devant le visage.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bridé bondissant à droite ; une rouelle à six rayons entre les jambes et une façade de temple au-dessus de la croupe ; grènetis.

Commentary


La légende VIREDIOS ou VIRETIOS est en bord de flan sur cet exemplaire. L’exemplaire MONNAIES 41, n° 1568, d’une moindre qualité mais avec une légende complète, a été vendu 360€.

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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