Live auction - bga_740856 - NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Quart de statère à l'hippophore
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 2 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 760 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 September 2022 15:53:00 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Quart de statère à l'hippophore
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Nantes (44)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, avec une magnifique tête au droit et un très joli revers bien complet
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête large et massive à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale galopant à droite conduit par un aurige étendant la main droite ; entre les pattes du cheval, hippophore.
Commentary
Première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente !
L'appellation à l'hippophore vient du personnage qui est placé sous le cheval au revers (mot à mot celui qui porte le cheval où hippos se traduit par cheval et phoros par qui porte, en grec).
L'appellation à l'hippophore vient du personnage qui est placé sous le cheval au revers (mot à mot celui qui porte le cheval où hippos se traduit par cheval et phoros par qui porte, en grec).
Historical background
NAMNETES (Area of Nantes)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Armorican people, the Namnètes were installed at the mouth of the Loire whose course separated them from the Pictons. Their name is retained by that of the city of Nantes. Their maritime role seems to have been important and they participated in the operations against the Romans in 56 BC and supported the Venetian fleet. It is among the Veneti that Strabo places the port of tin, Corbilo. Caesar (BG. III, 9). Strabo (G. IV, 2, 1).
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