Live auction - bga_623528 - HOARD OF TAYAC - GIRONDE Statère d’or au sanglier enseigne
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| Estimate : | 9 500 € |
| Price : | 5 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 5 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 16:04:05 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Statère d’or au sanglier enseigne
Date: IIe siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 7,71 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire particulièrement complet au droit comme au revers et dans un état de conservation rare ! Très beau métal finement patiné et dans un or de qualité
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
L'exemplaire n° 6827 de la BN est utilisé comme illustration, tant dans les articles de J.-B. Colbert-de-Beaulieu que plus récemment dans le Nouvel Atlas ou le Cahier Ernest Babelon sur l'Or gaulois. L'exemplaire proposé ici est sur un flan large et montre bien le réseau de cordon perlé autour de la tête du droit. Au revers, le personnage allongé semble avoir un bras levé en guise d'aile.
Copy No. 6827 of the BN is used as an illustration, both in the articles of J.-B. Colbert-de-Beaulieu and more recently in the Nouvel Atlas or the Cahier Ernest Babelon on Gallic Gold. The copy offered here is on a wide flan and clearly shows the network of beaded cord around the head of the obverse. On the reverse, the reclining figure seems to have a raised arm as a wing.
Copy No. 6827 of the BN is used as an illustration, both in the articles of J.-B. Colbert-de-Beaulieu and more recently in the Nouvel Atlas or the Cahier Ernest Babelon on Gallic Gold. The copy offered here is on a wide flan and clearly shows the network of beaded cord around the head of the obverse. On the reverse, the reclining figure seems to have a raised arm as a wing.
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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