Live auction - bga_372830 - VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin) Bronze SVTICOS, classe I au taureau
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 14:55:44 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Bronze SVTICOS, classe I au taureau
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie sur un flan un tout petit peu court. Avers d’une exceptionnelle qualité. Agréable patine sombre et brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : [SV]TICOS.
Obverse description : Tête d'Apollon laurée à droite, légende devant le visage et fleur devant le cou, grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau passant à droite, la tête de face ; au-dessus, une esse ; au-dessous, un sanglier enseigne à droite ; devant, un rinceau.
Commentary
Ce rare bronze est l’un des plus beaux que nous ayons eu pour ce type, surtout au niveau de l’avers ! Il semblerait que tous les bronzes de ce type exact (sans l'astre au revers) sortent d'un seul coin de droit, ce qui laisse présager de sa rareté....
Historical background
VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Véliocasses, people of Belgian Gaul, lived in the Norman Vexin located in the current department of Seine-Maritime. Their neighbors were the Lexovians and the Aulerci Éburovices, with the Seine as their border, and on the other side the Parisii, the Calètes and the Bellovaques. They participated in the Belgian coalition of 57 BC, led by the Bellovaques and provided a contingent of ten thousand men. But in 52 BC, for the relief army to release Vercingetorix besieged in Alesia, they only gave three thousand men. The following year, in 51 BC, they took part for the last time in the coalition of the Belgians in revolt under the leadership of the Bellovaques. Their main oppidum was Rouen (Rotomagus). Caesar (BG. II, 4; VII, 75; VIII, 7); Pliny (HN. IV). Ptolemy (G. II, 8). Kruta: 366.
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