bga_528135 - HELVETII - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Denier d'argent au rameau
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Type : Denier d'argent au rameau
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 1,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan ovale. Joli revers malgré un décentrage important. Patine grise
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection C.N., acquis en 1997
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Astre formé de volutes ou de croissants dextrogyre ; au centre, un globule.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à gauche, l'encolure perlée ; une croisette entre les jambes et deux torques au-dessus du dos.
Commentary
Au revers, il y a une petite croisette entre les jambes du cheval.
Historical background
HELVETII - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany)
(2nd century BC - 1st century AD)
The Vindelicians were considered to be a people of Celtic origin. They possibly controlled the headwaters of the Rhine and the region of Lake Constance and the Inn valley. Their neighbors were the Helvetii and the Boii. Their main oppidum was Brigantion (Bregenz). They were submitted only by Tiberius during the campaign of 15 BC. Strabo (IV. 3, 6; VII, 1, 5); Pliny (HN. III, 133); Tacitus (An. II, 17); Ptolemy (G. II, 12). Kruta: 69.
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