v24_1033 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 250.00 €
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 250.00 €
Type : Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,2 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan plutôt régulier, légèrement scyphate. Bon centrage, sauf sur le droit, avec le profil hors flan. Fine patine grise et brillante
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de G. Savès
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 tiret pointé au 1er canton, deux parenthèses au 2e, une hache (?) au 3e et deux globules au 4e.
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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