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Jeton Vercingétorix Archéodrome de Beaune
| Issuer | Archéodrome de Beaune |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Vercingétorix rendered in a stylized Gallic artistic idiom, with elaborately rendered curly hair filling the upper field in a manner evocative of ancient Celtic coinage. The effigy is executed in high relief with a boldly modeled facial profile. The legend VERCINGETORIX curves along the lower periphery of the flan in incuse or relief Latin lettering. The overall treatment deliberately echoes the style of authentic Arverni coinage of the 1st century BC. The irregular flan contour further reinforces the antiquarian aesthetic of the piece. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Archéodrome de Beaune was a roadside archaeological theme park opened in 1978 along the A6 autoroute in Burgundy, built on ground that overlooks the approximate zone of Caesar's siege works at Alésia — or at least the Burgundian candidate site, since the location of Vercingétorix's final stand remained a genuine scholarly dispute well into the late twentieth century. The park reconstructed Gaulish villages and Roman fortifications at scale. It closed permanently in 2005.