bga_223528 - TREVIRI (Area of Trier) Bronze HIRTIVS à l'éléphant
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Bronze HIRTIVS à l'éléphant
Date: c. 45 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bronze assez usé, mais bien identifiable. Patine verte et granuleuse, avec de petite concrétions marron
Catalogue references :
LT.9235 - BN.9233-9244 - ABT.390 - RIG.- - Sch/L.1060 - RPC.501 - Sch/GB.564 série 162 - DT.612 série 74 - BMCC.52
Obverse
Obverse legend : [A HIRTIV].
Obverse description : Eléphant passant à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Insignes pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, hache à sacrifice et bonnet de flamine ; delta dans le champ à droite.
Commentary
Le delta dans le champ n’est en fait qu’une partie de la hache. Cet exemplaire est très nettement frappé sur un flan préalablement coulé ; les penons de coulée sont bien visibles et l’ajustement des moules très légèrement décalé.
The delta in the field is actually only part of the axe. This example is very clearly struck on a previously cast flan; the casting pennants are clearly visible and the adjustment of the molds is very slightly offset.
The delta in the field is actually only part of the axe. This example is very clearly struck on a previously cast flan; the casting pennants are clearly visible and the adjustment of the molds is very slightly offset.
Historical background
TREVIRI (Area of Trier)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Treveri were a very important tribe of Belgian Gaul who controlled both banks of the Moselle. Their neighbors were the Atuatuci, the Eburones, the Remes and the Mediomatrics. Their main oppidum was in Titelberg (Luxembourg). Their capital was Trier which was refounded by Augustus as Colonia Augusta Treverorum. This tribe is often cited by Caesar. The Treveri took part in the War in particular in 54, during the revolt of Ambiorix in order to cut the lines of Caesar after having massacred the troops of Sabinus and Cotta. The Treveri do not seem to have sent relief troops in 52 BC Caesar (BG. I, 37; II, 24; III, 11; IV, 6, 10; V, 2-4, 24, 47 , 53, 55, 58; VII, 63; VIII, 25, 45, 52). Kruta: 41, 89, 277, 348.
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