Live auction - bga_578352 - HOARD OF TAYAC - GIRONDE Drachme (?) au sanglier enseigne
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 410 € |
| Maximum bid : | 444 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 15:41:37 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme (?) au sanglier enseigne
Date: IIe siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : UNIQUE
Coments on the condition:
Beau revers fin mais droit très mou, à peine identifiable. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux en grosses mèches, surmontée d'un sanglier à droite ; de la tête partent quatre cordons perlés (terminés chacun par une petite tête).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale, bridé à droite ; au-dessus, l'aurige tient un lien ondulant relié à un étendard qui flotte devant la tête du cheval ; une roue à rayons sous la queue du cheval et un personnage ailé sous le cheval.
Commentary
Ce type en argent semble totalement inédit. Il copie le statère DT 2096, au moins pour le revers, mais le module et le métal n’existent normalement pas !.
This silver type seems completely new. It copies the DT 2096 stater, at least on the reverse, but the module and the metal do not normally exist!
This silver type seems completely new. It copies the DT 2096 stater, at least on the reverse, but the module and the metal do not normally exist!
Historical background
HOARD OF TAYAC - GIRONDE
This hoard was discovered at Tayac, in the Gironde department, in November 1893. It consisted of torques broken in two, a spirally wound gold wire, 73 small ingots described as coin blanks (weighing 7.60 grams), gold ingots (of various shapes and weights), but most importantly, 325 staters. The composition was estimated to be approximately four-fifths Arvernian staters (actually Aedui, and of uncertain Western origin) and one-fifth Bellovaci staters (actually staters with broad flans from the Ambiani). Unfortunately, \"as many pieces have been melted down,\" it is difficult to provide a precise composition and distribution. \"The Bordeaux Museum acquired, in addition to the torques, two small ingots, two unstruck coins, two coins struck on one side only, ten Arvernian coins, and one Bellovaci coin.\" A. Blanchet, who describes this find on pages 561 and 562 of his Treatise, was able to examine some coins from this find that Messrs. Rollin and Feuardent had in their hands....
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