v15_0864 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Denier Q. DOCI/SAM F
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 88.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 88.00 €
Type : Denier Q. DOCI/SAM F
Date: c. 57-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,93 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et irrégulier avec une patine grise superficielle. Beau portrait. Malgré l’aspect du flan, le cheval est bien venu au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DOCIO, OU Q DOCI.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [Q D]O[CI]// SAM [F], A ET M LIGATURÉS.
Reverse description : Cheval sanglé et bridé galopant à gauche.
Commentary
La légende de ce denier peut être lue DOCIO avec le pied des lettres centrifuge, mais aussi ODOCI avec le pied des lettres centripète. Le D peut se confondre avec les deux lettres C et I juxtaposées, en lecture inversée. B. Fischer signale plusieurs variétés de ce type au niveau des légendes, RIG. 228-1e. Sur cet exemplaire, le visage est timbré d'un rinceau ou d'une esse pointée. Le visage est largement stylisé et constitue une imitation du prototype.
The legend of this denier can be read DOCIO with the centrifugal foot of the letters, but also ODOCI with the centripetal foot of the letters. The D can be confused with the two letters C and I juxtaposed, in reverse reading. B. Fischer reports several varieties of this type at the level of the legends, RIG. 228-1e. On this example, the face is stamped with a scroll or a dotted esse. The face is largely stylized and constitutes an imitation of the prototype
The legend of this denier can be read DOCIO with the centrifugal foot of the letters, but also ODOCI with the centripetal foot of the letters. The D can be confused with the two letters C and I juxtaposed, in reverse reading. B. Fischer reports several varieties of this type at the level of the legends, RIG. 228-1e. On this example, the face is stamped with a scroll or a dotted esse. The face is largely stylized and constitutes an imitation of the prototype
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Séquanes were one of the most important peoples of eastern Gaul. They were the enemies of the Aedui, their neighbors. Their territory was very vast and extended between the Saône, the Rhône, the Jura and the Vosges. The Jura lakes separated them from the Helvetians. They had been very powerful in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, but had lost their luster after the Germans had occupied part of their territory around 70 BC. Their neighbors were the Leuques, the Lingones, Aedui and Helvetians. Their principal oppidum was Vesontio (Besançon). Mentioned several times by Caesar, during the campaign of 52 BC, they provided a contingent of 12,000 men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I, 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 19, 31-33, 35, 38, 40, 44, 48, 54; IV, 10; VI, 12; VII, 66, 67, 75, 90). Kruta: 16, 71, 111, 364.
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