Live auction - bga_590842 - ITALY - TRANSPADANE AREA - CELTO-LIGURIANS “Drachme légère”, imitation de Marseille
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 2 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:21:25 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : “Drachme légère”, imitation de Marseille
Date: IIIe-IIe siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,23 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale présentant un très beau droit stylisé et une jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette drachme provient d’une collection toulousaine du XIXe siècle, dispersée aux enchères
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Diane à droite, laurée, avec pendants d'oreille et un collier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE STYLISÉE.
Reverse description : Lion à droite.
Reverse legend : MASSLL
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est très intéressant, avec un style inhabituel tant pour la coiffure du droit que pour le lion revers avec une épigraphie avec deux lignes de CCC. Les seuls exemplaires du Pautasso qui s’en rapprochent sont les n° 303-313 conservées au musée National de Trente et celui d’Este. Si le lion y correspond, la coiffure du droit de notre monnaie semble avoir des particularités qui manquent à celles étudiées par Pautasso.
This specimen is very interesting, with an unusual style both for the obverse headdress and for the reverse lion with an epigraphy with two lines of CCC. The only specimens of Pautasso that come close to it are nos. 303-313 preserved in the National Museum of Trento and that of Este. If the lion corresponds to it, the obverse headdress of our coin seems to have particularities that are missing from those studied by Pautasso
This specimen is very interesting, with an unusual style both for the obverse headdress and for the reverse lion with an epigraphy with two lines of CCC. The only specimens of Pautasso that come close to it are nos. 303-313 preserved in the National Museum of Trento and that of Este. If the lion corresponds to it, the obverse headdress of our coin seems to have particularities that are missing from those studied by Pautasso
Historical background
ITALY - TRANSPADANE AREA - CELTO-LIGURIANS
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
The Celto-Ligurians, with coins in the Lepontic alphabet, settled in the 6th or 5th century BC in Transpadane, which would later become Cisalpine Gaul. From the end of the 4th century BC, they were in contact with Rome. The Gauls crush the Romans on the Allia on July 18, 387 BC and Brennus takes Rome, (Væ victis!) after a long siege, despite the resistance of the Capitoline fortress (the geese consecrated to Juno Monere ( Moneta) warned the Romans of the danger). The war resumed a century later between 285 and 282 BC Rome remained mistress of Central Italy. After the victory of Clastidium in 222 BC, the Romans seized Mediolanum (Milan). They submit the Boii and the Insubrians after taking Bologna and impose colonies of Roman citizens in Cremona, Piacenza and Modena. The Romans begin the construction of via Flaminia.
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