bga_423120 - SEGUSIAVI / ÆDUI, Unspecified (Area of Feurs (Forez) / Mont-Beuvray) Denier SEGVSIAVS ARVS
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Price : 350.00 €
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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Denier SEGVSIAVS ARVS
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,64 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Rare denier parfaitement identifiable malgré une frappe molle. Droit et revers légèrement décentrés. Patine grise avec une tache sombre au revers
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Boule, Monaco
Obverse
Obverse legend : SEGISVSIA.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et casqué à droite, la légende devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARV[S].
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 une des gauloise en argent les plus recherchées par les collectionneurs. La légende de droit est incomplète mais on lit bien ARVS au revers.
This very rare coin is certainly one of the most sought-after silver Gauls by collectors. The obverse legend is incomplete, but the reverse clearly reads ARVS.
This very rare coin is certainly one of the most sought-after silver Gauls by collectors. The obverse legend is incomplete, but the reverse clearly reads ARVS.
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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