bga_388791 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 1,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier avec un droit juste bombé et un revers centré mais incomplet
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête fortement stylisée à droite, la chevelure formée de grosses mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée d’un torque aux 1er et 4e cantons, une hache (?) au 3e et un globule au 2e.
Commentary
Ce type est 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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