Live auction - bga_728829 - PICTONES / CENTER WEST, Unspecified Drachme d’argent à l'hippophore
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2026 16:22:55 |
Type : Drachme d’argent à l'hippophore
Date: c.80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,36 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée, avec une jolie tête au droit et un très joli revers avec une iconographie bien détaillée. Belle patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Petite tête à droite, entourée de cordons perlés, la chevelure stylisée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite conduit par un aurige étendant la main droite ; entre les pattes du cheval, hippophore.
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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