MDC Monnaies de Collection
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GAUL - CELTIC
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444
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GAUL - CELTIC
See original version (French)
Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
GAUL - CELTIC
Narbonne and Roussillon, imitations of Rhodian coins. Hemiobol with a seahorse, ND (150–75 BC).
Obverse: Seahorse facing right; to its right, the Iberian letter I.
Reverse: A central flower bud-like motif, surmounted by three petals, with a bezant below, between a sort of Θ and a sort of Δ.
Villaronga 12 p.78 – Dicomon IBL-189 - Ch. Larozas, ‘New data on hemibols featuring a seahorse’, *Cahiers Numismatiques* 176, June 2008, 19–29; Silver – 0.25 g – 8.5 mm – 12 h
Probably attributed to the Sardones, around Illiberis (Elne) and Ruscino (Château-Roussillon). Slight corrosion on the obverse. The particularly clear reverse is not clearly explained. TTB.
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