Live auction - bga_624396 - GALLIA BELGICA - SUESSIONES (Area of Soissons) Potin dit “au rameau B”, classe IIIa
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 1 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 16:21:23 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Potin dit “au rameau B”, classe IIIa
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Weight : 5,88 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire recouvert d’une superbe patine noire et brillante. Monnaie agréable en main, sans aucun défaut
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant d’une vente Munzzentrum 160 en 2011, n°108
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Axe vertical, formé de petits globules, accosté de quatre mèches ondulées de part et d'autre. Multiples globules, annelets pointés et croissants dans le champ. Grènetis d’annelets et de perles. Bourrelet périphérique.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval stylisé à gauche (une seule jambe arrière). Le champ autour du cheval est orné d'annelets pointés, de globules et de croissants. Grènetis d'annelets pointés et bourrelet périphérique.
Commentary
Jean-Marc Doyen, dans son article "Un potin des Suessions du type «au rameau B» à Matagne-la-Petite ‒ Chapelle Saint-Hilaire (Doische, Province de Namur, Belgique)", remet les choses en ordre concernant l'attribution de ces potins. Il y rappelle l'état des connaissances et propose de réattribuer ce potin caractéristique par son style fin, longtemps confondu avec le numéraire des Nerviens, alors qu'il fut émis par un peuple situé plus au sud, les Suessions sans doute. Il semble dater de La Tenne D2a (vers 85-60 av. J.-C.).
Cette classe III est d'un traitement particulièrement soigné. Nous signalions jusqu’alors et fort justement que la gravure du moule, toute en finesse, et la technique de fabrication faisaient penser aux potins des Suessions. La BN, le MAN, le British Museum et le musée de Péronne n’en conservent chacun qu’un seul exemplaire.
Cette classe III est d'un traitement particulièrement soigné. Nous signalions jusqu’alors et fort justement que la gravure du moule, toute en finesse, et la technique de fabrication faisaient penser aux potins des Suessions. La BN, le MAN, le British Museum et le musée de Péronne n’en conservent chacun qu’un seul exemplaire.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - SUESSIONES (Area of Soissons)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Suessions were an important people of the Belgians, confined on the Aisne in the territory of the province of Soissonnais. They had for neighbor the Remi, the Lingones, the Senones, the Parisii, the Bellovaci and the Ambiens.. According to Caesar, the two peoples Remes and Suessions, before the Gallic Wars, had the same laws and the same leaders. They had for customers the Meldes, the Silvanectes and the Viromanduens. Diviciacos, one of their kings, would have reigned as far as Brittany. Galba, his successor, commanded the coalition of rebel Belgians in 57 BC. -VS. with a contingent of fifty thousand men. The Suessions and their Bellovaci allies were defeated. Galba had to deliver his two sons as hostages to the Romans. They provided a contingent of five thousand men for the relief army in 52 BC. -VS. They were placed under the authority of the Remes after this date. In 51 BC. -VS. , the members of the Belgian coalition were to first attack the Suessions. Ruled by Corréos and Commios, the Belgic peoples were finally crushed by the Romans. Their main oppidum was Noviodunum (Soissons). Caesar (BG. II, 3, 4, 12, 13; VI, 35; VII, 75; VIII, 6). Kruta: 69.
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