Live auction - bga_578388 - GALLIA - BAÏOCASSES (Area of Bayeux) Quinaire de bronze CEPPEOS
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 167 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2021 16:26:27 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Quinaire de bronze CEPPEOS
Date: IIe - Ier siècles AC.
Mint name / Town : Bayeux (14)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie présentant un beau revers avec une légende visible. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CEPPEOS.
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à gauche.
Commentary
Concernant ces monnaies, voir l’article de Nicolas Manios dans les Cahiers Numismatiques 215, mars 2018, pages 21 à 23.
Historical background
GALLIA - BAÏOCASSES (Area of Bayeux)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Baïocasses or Bodiocasses are not mentioned in Caesar's Gallic Wars. It is Pliny the Elder who speaks of it first. The Baiocasses occupied part of present-day Normandy, the Bessin. Their neighbors were the Unelles, the Viducasses and the Véliocasses. Their main oppidum was Augustodurum (Bayeux). Pliny (HN. IV, 107). Ptolemy (G. II, 8).
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