Dominique Thirion
Veliocassi – Gallia Belgica, Vexin region, AV quarter stater, ca. 80-60 BC
Stylized human head left, hair depicted by parallel lines and three locks falling on the neck and cheek gashed by a ribbon tattoo.
Horse led right by a charioteer whose chariot is represented by a wheel under the horse’s tail.
Stylized human head left, hair depicted by parallel lines and three locks falling on the neck and cheek gashed by a ribbon tattoo.
Horse led right by a charioteer whose chariot is represented by a wheel under the horse’s tail.
1.74 g. LT 7018 var.; S. Scheers Danicourt 169 var.; S. Scheers, Les monnaies d’or des Aulerci Eburovices, Acta Archeologica Lovaniensa, 19 (1980), pl. II, 12; Moneta V, 138, DT 2393 var.
For the new attribution to the Veliocassi, see Pierre-Marie Guihard, Alliances monétaires et activités fluviales chez les Véliocasses et les Aulerques Eburovices entre les IIe et Ier siècles av. J.-C. Revue Belge de Numismatique, CLVII (2012), pp. 179-206.
Venus pudica – Roman North Africa, beginning of the 3rd century AD
Terracotta – Height: 23.5 cm.
The goddess stands in the center of a kiosk topped by a scallop-shaped canopy.
The base of this sanctuary is engraved with the inscription VENVS SACR.
Terracotta – Height: 23.5 cm.
The goddess stands in the center of a kiosk topped by a scallop-shaped canopy.
The base of this sanctuary is engraved with the inscription VENVS SACR.
Pair of eagle fibulae – Merovingian Europe, 6th century AD
Bronze – Height: 3 cm
Intact (except for one catch). Beautiful brown patina.
Provenance: From the collection K.S. (Cologne).
Cf. Archeologija Franzii, Cat. Leningrad, 1982, 98f, nr. 299.
Bronze – Height: 3 cm
Intact (except for one catch). Beautiful brown patina.
Provenance: From the collection K.S. (Cologne).
Cf. Archeologija Franzii, Cat. Leningrad, 1982, 98f, nr. 299.
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Dominique Thirion
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Dominique Thirion
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