Live auction - bga_572850 - GALLIA - CALETI (Area of Pays de Caux) Hémistatère “au sanglier aurige”, classe Ic
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 2 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 15:58:29 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Hémistatère “au sanglier aurige”, classe Ic
Date: IIe - Ier siècles avant J.-C.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,00 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière. Droit et revers complet. Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Type exceptionnel !
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon à droite, la chevelure ornementée en esses enchevêtrées ; la base du cou ornée et deux motifs de pomme de pin (?) devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à droite ; un sanglier aurige au-dessus du dos ; un arc bandé avec la flèche sous le ventre ; un petit oiseau devant le poitrail ; ligne d’exergue ornée et champ tout piqueté.
Commentary
Ce type, sans pendant d’oreille sur la joue, est encore plus rare !.
Historical background
GALLIA - CALETI (Area of Pays de Caux)
(4th - 2nd century BC)
The Calètes, people of Belgium, were sometimes considered Armoricans. They occupied part of the current department of Seine-Maritime with the countries of Caux and Bray. Their neighbors were the Véliocasses, the Bellovaques, of whom they were clients, and the Ambiens. The Calètes would have provided a contingent of ten thousand men to the Belgian coalition under the leadership of the Bellovaques in 57 BC. In 52 BC, they participated with the seven Armorican peoples in sending twenty thousand men for the relief army, destined to deliver Alesia. In 51 BC, they took part in the revolt of the Belgian peoples, led by the Bellovaci. Two of their main oppida were in Bracquemont and Fécamp. In Roman times, their capital was Juliobona, Lillebonne. Caesar (BG. II, 4; VII, 75; VIII, 8). Strabo (G. IV, 1); Pliny (HN. IV, 107). Ptolemy (G. II, 8). Kruta: 70.
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