Carnutes, 1/4 Stater, 2nd-1st century BC
Electrum - AU(55-58) - Delestrée:2535
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Profile to the right, moon-shaped, with plain cheek. The hair is made up of several rows of interlaced crescent-shaped locks. Where the ear should be, two parallel lines starting from two locks and ending in a three-pellet triangular ornament.
The eye is almond-shaped, with a pellet in the centre, and the nose is triangular. At the base of the neck, two rows of 4 pellets.
Biga to the right, only represented by a single horse, surmounted by a charioteer. Behind, a 4-spoked wheel. Below, an upside-down three-stringed lyra. An earth line under which there is a row of inverted V-shaped decorative signs evoking a caption.
Superb example with the lyra ("à la lyre"), for which it is very rare to find specimens in such a beautiful state of preservation. With a small 12mm flan, most of the type's designs can be seen, which all came out very well when struck, and in particular the decorative signs below the ground line on the reverse, which are very rarely seen on other examples of this type.
1.51 gr
An “AU(55-58)” quality
As in numismatics, it is important that the state of conservation of an item be carefully evaluated before it is offered to a discerning collector with a keen eye.
This initially obscure acronym comprising two words describing the state of conservation is explained clearly here:
About Uncirculated(55-58)
This means – more prosaically – that the coin has been in circulation but sufficiently little that its original beauty is preserved almost in its entirety. The wear is barely visible and any other defect can only be identified with a magnifying glass or a particularly keen eye. The number (55-58) indicates that between three quarters and almost all of the original luster remains.
