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Electronic Auction 523  7 Sep 2022
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Estimate: 75 USD
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GAUL, Northeast. Remi. Circa 100-50 BC. Potin Unit (21mm, 4.37 g, 7h). Figure running right, holding torque and spear / Beast right; uncertain ornaments above and below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 29; D&T 155; CCCBM III 483–506; De la Tour 8124. Blue-green patina. Fine.

Sydenham and Crawford surmised that this reverse imitated the "elephant trampling serpent" denarius type of Julius Caesar, struck circa 49-48 BC but Haselgrove has studied the archaelogical context of the type, and the evidence suggests that the circulation peaked significantly earlier, circa 100-50 BC.
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