E-auction 42-16613 - bga_203166 - SANTONES (Area of Saintes) Billon dérivé à l’hippophore
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| Estimate : | 40 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 February 2014 15:14:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Billon dérivé à l’hippophore
Date: c. 40 AC.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,96 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court mais régulier avec les types de droit et de revers mal venus, en faible reliefs, mais néanmoins identifiables. Patine sombre et hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite les cheveux en mèches aquitaniques.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite, un aurige en forme d’insecte au-dessus et un personnage entre les jambes du cheval.
Commentary
Ce type de monnaie a parfois été attribué aux Arvernes.
Historical background
SANTONES (Area of Saintes)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Santons were a Celtic people who resided north of the Gironde estuary. They occupied the territory covering Saintonge, Angoumois and Aunis. The territory of the civitas is placed on the current departments of Charente, Charente-Maritime and the northern part of Gironde. Their original name is found in that of the province and its capital, Saintes. They are cited several times by Caesar in the Gallic Wars, in particular regarding the migration of the Helvetians in 58 BC. Indeed, the territory of the Santons could have been the goal of this transfer of population. In 52 BC, they provided a contingent of twelve thousand men for the relief army. Their neighbors were the Pictons, the Lémovices and the Bituriges Vivisques. Caesar (BG. I, 10 and 11; III, 11, VII, 75).
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