E-auction 66-31451 - bga_323773 - GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux) Statère ROVECA - fragmentaire
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 87 € |
| Maximum bid : | 107 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2014 15:18:00 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Statère ROVECA - fragmentaire
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Weight : 4,53 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, sur un flan avec les penons de coulée. Les types sont centrés, avec un coup de burin au droit et un revers un peu plus mou. Patine sombre et homogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Avers fruste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [ROVECA].
Reverse description : Cheval à droite ; un motif composé de cinq globules posés en croix au-dessus de la croupe.
Commentary
Le symbole du revers au-dessus du cheval est assez atypique ; il se retrouverait sur ce type de statère melde, mais aussi sur les statères PORRINA (sous le cheval) et ARDA des Trévires (avec un cheval à gauche).
L’attribution de se statère n’est pas certaine, mais très probable. Quoi qu’il en soit, ce type est rarissime !.
L’attribution de se statère n’est pas certaine, mais très probable. Quoi qu’il en soit, ce type est rarissime !.
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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