AUGUST 1st century B.C. - Lot 321

Lot n° 321
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AUGUST 1st century B.C. - Lot 321
AUGUST 1st century B.C. Bust with diadem on the right, hair in a bun at the nape of the neck. Grenetis. R/. Charging bull to left. Above, GERMANVS and below, INDVTILLI L(ibertvs). Grènetis. ♦ DT 707; LT 9248; Scheers (Lyon) 1157; Scheers 739 ff. Bronze "bull" semis in the name of magistrate *Indutillus (2.80 g). Slightly off-center on reverse. Olive-green patina. Very fine/T.B. *This bronze, sometimes in the classical style, is made from an alloy containing an average of 12% zinc (orichalcum). It is a semis and not a quadrans as has long been assumed. It is cut to 1/108th of a pound (9 dozen). The distribution map shows that it fairly closely follows the boundaries of the new province of Gallia Belgica, for which it served as an auxiliary coinage. Traditionally classified as Gaulish coinage, this bronze is in fact a provincial issue made in Reims under imperial control by a rhem prince named Indutillus". Jean-Marc Doyen, researcher at the University of Lille III, reattributes this bronze to the Rèmes. JRC Collection
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