bga_884909 - NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Quart de statère à l'hippophore
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Type : Quart de statère à l'hippophore
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Nantes (44)
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan bien centré, un peu court. Des faiblesses mais monnaie agréable. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, entourée de cordons perlés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale galopant à droite conduit par un aurige levant la main gauche et tenant les rênes de la droite ; entre les jambes du cheval, hippophore.
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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