bga_211334 - SEGUSIAVI / ÆDUI, Unspecified (Area of Feurs (Forez) / Mont-Beuvray) Denier SEGVSIA ARVS
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 550.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Denier SEGVSIA ARVS
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,53 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan un peu court avec un très beau portrait et un revers trop court. Patine grise et granuleuse, légèrement irisée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [SEGVSIA].
Obverse description : Buste drapé et casqué à droite, la légende devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARVS.
Reverse description : Hercule (?) debout et nu, la massue dans la main droite ; à sa gauche, un petit personnage, encapuchonné dans un long manteau ; légende entre la massue et le corps d'Hercule.
Commentary
Cette très rare monnaie est certainement la Gauloise en argent la plus recherchée par les collectionneurs. La légende SEGVSIA n’est pas visible, en bord de flan, au droit devant le visage, mais ARVS est bien nette verticalement, entre Hercule et sa massue.
This very rare coin is certainly the most sought-after silver Gauloise coin by collectors. The legend SEGVSIA is not visible, on the edge of the flan, directly in front of the face, but ARVS is clearly visible vertically, between Hercules and his club.
This very rare coin is certainly the most sought-after silver Gauloise coin by collectors. The legend SEGVSIA is not visible, on the edge of the flan, directly in front of the face, but ARVS is clearly visible vertically, between Hercules and his club.
Historical background
SEGUSIAVI / ÆDUI, Unspecified (Area of Feurs (Forez) / Mont-Beuvray)
(1st century BC)
The attribution to the Ségusiaves of the mythical denier SEGVSIAVS ARVS (LT. 4622) and the potin SECISV (LT. 4628) is far from certain. The Aedui seem to be the most likely origin of the issuance of these coins. Very early on, the attribution to the Ségusiaves was nevertheless considered certain. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu thought that the ethnic name "in the form of an epithet of nationality perhaps relates to Arus, monetary magistrate or chief of Segusian origin" loc. cit. Notes of Gallic monetary epigraphy IV, EC.11, 1964-65, p.46-69. In the Recueil des Inscriptions Gauloises, the authors temper by specifying that the attribution to the Ségusiaves is uncertain, recalling the case of the TVRONOS CANTORIX coins, issued with certainty very far from the country of the Turones.
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