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MDC Monnaies de Collection

141 - GAUL - CELTIC Armorica / Coriosolites. Stater with a wild bo…
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GAUL - CELTIC Armorica / Coriosolites. Stater with a wild boar, Class I ‘straight-nosed’, var. 3 ND (late first half of the 1st century BC and the Gallic Wars). Rennes 809–841 – DT.2338; Billon – 6.68 g – 24 mm – 3 h MP specimen no. 75 in the book *Surréelles Monnaies Gauloises*, by Samuel Gouet and Marc Petit – acquired from Maison Palombo in 2007 (listed as the VOLTZ Collection, although it did not appear in the Auctiones A. G. 25 sale of 19–21 June 1995). Large blank with significant striking flaws. Obverse well centred with minor striking flaws. Reverse with soft striking. Dark patina with slight surface deposits. TTB/TB. The classification of the coriosolite coinage has been somewhat disrupted each time a researcher has taken an interest in it. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu was the first to propose distinguishing six classes. K. Gruel, whilst classifying the coins from the Trébry hoard (over 1,750 coins), updated this classification by establishing a relative and comparative chronology of neighbouring coinages (those of the Veneti and the Redoni). The chronology of the classes would be as follows: VIa, VIb, Va, Vb, IVa, IVb, I, III and II. The authors of the *Nouvel Atlas* qualify this chronology by suggesting the existence of several mints – at least two (as two groups could be identified with no connection between their dies: VI, V and IV on the one hand, and I, III and II on the other). The staters of Class I have a very distinctive obverse, but the *Nouvel Atlas* quite rightly illustrates three variants depending on the size of the head and whether there is a foliage motif in front of the mouth (DT. 2338) or not (DT. 2337). The reverses are also varied, featuring either a vexillum or two volutes in front of the horse. Our stater has a fine volute on the obverse and a vexillum on the reverse.
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About the sale A selection of coins and medals from the collection of an amateur collector from Burgundy (Part 2)
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Auction time 09/05/2026 at 9:00 AM
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