BITURIGES CUBI Bourges region 2nd century B.C. - Lot 47

BITURIGES CUBI Bourges region 2nd century B.C. Apollonian head on right. R/. Horse led on the left by an charioteer. Below, thunderbolt. ♦ DT 2512 var. "Seno-Carnutes"; BN 4547; Or Gaulois Cahiers Ernest Babelon 1994 pl.2 fig.16 ; cf Blanchet Traité 1905 p.215 pl.I, 12 (statère) Quarter statère of gold imitated from the coins of Philip II of Macedonia. (1.73 g) Type of *Ivoy-le-Pré. Very rare. A very fine example. *Ivoy-le-Pré is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region, 30 km from Bourges. Bituriges Cubi. The Bituriges Cubes were a people who occupied a territory of central Gaul between the Loire and the Massif Central, and belonged to the peoples of Celtic Gaul. Their capital, Avaricon, named after the river Yèvre, was located on the site of present-day Bourges.