Live auction - bga_335577 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Dührener”, S. 471
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 380 € |
| Maximum bid : | 420 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 15:13:01 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme à la croix, “type de Dührener”, S. 471
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 1,51 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan relativement large et légèrement scyphate, avec de très beaux reliefs bien venus et servis par une belle patine de collection ancienne
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est le n° 95 de la vente Ars Time II de Hong-Kong
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête fortement stylisée à droite, la chevelure formée de petites mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée d’un motif en V aux 1er et 4e cantons, de trois annelets posés en triangle aux 2e et 3e cantons.
Commentary
Ce type serait directement copié sur les drachmes des Volques Tectosages du Sud-Ouest.
Historical background
VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany)
(2nd century BC - 1st century AD)
The Vindelicians were considered to be a people of Celtic origin. They possibly controlled the headwaters of the Rhine and the region of Lake Constance and the Inn valley. Their neighbors were the Helvetii and the Boii. Their main oppidum was Brigantion (Bregenz). They were submitted only by Tiberius during the campaign of 15 BC. Strabo (IV. 3, 6; VII, 1, 5); Pliny (HN. III, 133); Tacitus (An. II, 17); Ptolemy (G. II, 12). Kruta: 69.
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VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de D
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