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Live auction - bga_854036 - PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified Drachme au cavalier et à la main - P II B

PICTONES / BITURIGES - MID-WESTERN, Unspecified Drachme au cavalier et à la main - P II B MS/AU
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Estimate : 1 000 €
Price : 600 €
Maximum bid : 650 €
End of the sale : 05 September 2023 15:47:23
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Drachme au cavalier et à la main - P II B
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,26 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et bien centré. Droit d’une qualité exceptionnelle avec une magnifique tête très bien venue à la frappe, présence de fines rayures. Joli revers malgré quelques faiblesses. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure formée de grosses mèches aquitaniques.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cavalier tenant un bouclier et les rênes galopant à droite ; sous le cheval, une main.

Commentary


Ce type de drachme est très rare ; pour ce type PII B “à la tête aquitanique” mais sans la croisette bouletée au droit sur la joue, les auteurs de l'article de la RN 1996 ont étudié 14 monnaies. L’analyse métallique donne presque 90% d’argent et moins de 8% de cuivre.
Pour ces drachmes, le Numéraire celtique recense pourtant pas moins de 40 drachmes (sans distinction de coiffure) dont 3 à Bourges, 12 à la BN et 7 à Nantes. Le Nouvel Atlas défend fort justement le travail de D. Nash sur ces séries ; cette drachme correspond à la var. 1 de la classe II “à la tête aquitanique et à la main”.

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 "au cavalier et bouclier", tout attribuer aux Bituriges nous semble assez arbitraire….
This type of drachma is very rare; for this type PII B “with the aquitanic head” but without the balled cross right on the cheek, the authors of the RN 1996 article studied 14 coins. Metal analysis gives almost 90% silver and less than 8% copper. For these drachmas, the Celtic numerary nevertheless lists no less than 40 drachmas (without distinction of hairstyle) including 3 in Bourges, 12 at the BN and 7 in Nantes. Le Nouvel Atlas rightly defends the work of D. Nash on these series; this drachma corresponds to the var. 1 of class II “with aquitanic head and hand”. The attribution proposed in the New Atlas is to the Bituriges, as are the drachmas known as \\\"the winged rider of the Pictons\\\". If the attribution to the Pictons is not completely satisfactory for these “horseman and shield” drachmas, attributing everything to the Bituriges seems quite 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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