v08_0941 - ANDECAVI (Area of Angers) Obole du pont de la Chaloire
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole du pont de la Chaloire
Date: c.80-50 AC
Metal : billon
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire pour ce monnayage souvent en état de conservation déplorable
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à droite surmonté d'un animal (serpent, dragon?).
Historical background
ANDECAVI (Area of Angers)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Andécaves or Andes, whose territory extended north of the Loire on the banks of the Mayenne, occupied Anjou, which today corresponds to the departments of Maine-et-Loire and Sarthe. Their name is found in the city of Angers, the ancient Juliomagus. They are cited by Caesar in the Gallic Wars. Caesar (BG. II, 35; III, 7, VII, 4; VIII, 26). Ptolemy (G. II, 8); Pliny (HN. IV, 107). Kruta: 69, 366.
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