Live auction - bga_593163 - GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux) Bronze à l’aigle et au sanglier, classe I
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | no bid |
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| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:56:17 |
Type : Bronze à l’aigle et au sanglier, classe I
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Il s’agit probablement de l’un des plus beaux exemplaires connus pour ce type rare et souvent fruste !
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête très stylisée à droite ; l'œil en annelet, le champ orné de petits croissants, d'annelets et de globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche, un sanglier (?) dans ses serres ; des annelets et des esses dans le champ ; grènetis de gros globules.
Commentary
L’exemplaire type de ce rare bronze qui illustre le Nouvel Atlas est repris du Traité de S. Scheers.
Il est intéressant de noter que le petit animal tenu dans les serres de l’aigle correspond dans son traitement à ceux qui ornent le potin dit aux animaux affrontés attribué aussi aux Meldes.
Il est intéressant de noter que le petit animal tenu dans les serres de l’aigle correspond dans son traitement à ceux qui ornent le potin dit aux animaux affrontés attribué aussi aux Meldes.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux)
(1st century BC)
The Meldes are mentioned only once in Caesar's work. This small people lived between the Seine and the Marne in the plain of Brie with Meaux as its capital. The Meldes emancipated themselves late from the tutelage of the Suessions and the Remes at the time of the Gallic Wars. Having become independent in 57 BC, the Meldes chose to ally with the Romans. Caesar had sixty ships built by the Meldes, in 55 BC, for the expedition to Brittany. Caesar (BG. V, 5).
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