Die Münze des Monats Mai wird bei Chris Rudd in der Auktion am 19. Mai 2024 angeboten.
The bearded head on this Boduoc Old Head silver unit, struck by the Dobunni tribe of the West Midlands c.25-5 BC, displays a grave and venerable sage with an air of divinity echoing most closely images of the legendary Roman king Numa Pompilius (r. 715–672 BC), seen on a Roman denarius of 49-48 BC with the same grave expression and long, straight, beard (RCV 1373). This can be no accident: Numa, famously, gave the Romans their calendar, laws, and several state cults and priesthoods, thereby transforming Romulus’ warlike rabble into the makings of a civilized people. Was this how Boduoc also wanted to be known amongst the Dobunni? This excessively rare type (only four others recorded), will be sold in Norwich, 19 May 2024, estimate £3000.
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