Live auction - bga_781748 - GALLIA - SANTONES / MID-WESTERN, Unspecified Drachme à la couronne en chevrons

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Estimate :	1 500 €
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End of the sale :	06 December 2022 16:07:21

Type : Drachme à la couronne en chevrons

Date: c. 60-50 AC.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,78 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale, court, centré. Très beau revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

LT.manque - DT.3632A - BN.93.700 R/ cf. Nash pl. III, n° 75

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Cheval à gauche ; un triskèle devant le poitrail et une hampe surmontée d’un torque au-dessus de la croupe.

Commentary

Cet exemplaire est probablement un des plus beaux connu pour ce type rare et souvent mal frappé. Le traitement des lauriers et de la chevelure n'est pas sans rappeler certains statères du Sud-ouest, du groupe de Pons / Sainte-Eanne ou Post Sainte-Eanne, par exemple. La drachme DT.3632A était inédite lors de sa parution et ce type reste particulièrement rare. Ce type de revers correspond au poinçon d'une imitation d'Emporion publié par J.-C. Bedel dans les Cahiers Numismatiques n° 227 de mars 2021.
This example is probably one of the finest known for this rare and often poorly struck type. The treatment of the laurels and the hair is reminiscent of certain staters from the South-West, from the Pons / Sainte-Eanne or Post Sainte-Eanne group, for example. The DT.3632A drachma was unpublished when it was published and this type remains particularly rare. This type of reverse corresponds to the hallmark of an imitation of Emporion published by J.-C. Bedel in Cahiers Numismatiques n° 227 of March 2021