bga_173124 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”
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Type : Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Petite monnaie frappée sur un flan irrégulier et fragilisé sur sa partie inférieure. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, les cheveux hérissés entouré d’un cordon perlé .
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Petit cheval passant à gauche avec la crinière perlée ; au-dessus, des petits globules ; une hampe entre les jambes.
Commentary
Cette monnaie a été reprise de façon erronée dans le Nouvel Atlas (cf. DT. 3703) dans les monnaies divisionnaires de l'Ouest de la France ! ?.
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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