E-auction 245-168280 - bga_282727 - VIROMANDUI (Area of Vermandois) Bronze, imitation du statère d'or à l'epsilon
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 46 € |
| Maximum bid : | 71 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 December 2017 14:06:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Bronze, imitation du statère d'or à l'epsilon
Date: c. 60-30 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,73 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et irrégulier, assez épais. Patine granuleuse, très hétérogène, verte et rougeâtre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection J.-C. D.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Reste de tête désarticulée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à encolure fourchue passant à droite ; au-dessus roue à quatre rayons avec moyeu central ; entre les jambes, un annelet à l’extrémité d’une croisette bouletée.
Commentary
Ce bronze n’est pas une imitation servile du statère d’or à l’epsilon des Nerviens, mais une adaptation du prototype (DT. 178-179 = LT. 8755-8746). Le bronze est simplifié par rapport à l’original. Parfois interprétés comme étant un faux d’époque, ce bronze appartient bien à une série à part dont l’attribution aux Viromanduens est très probable !.
Historical background
VIROMANDUI (Area of Vermandois)
(1st century BC)
The Viromanduians, people of Belgian Gaul, occupied the former province of Vermandois, straddling the Somme and the Aisne. Their neighbors were the Atrebates and the Nervii. Their coinage shows a relationship with the Nervii. They participated in 57 BC in the Belgian coalition led by the Bellovaques and provided ten thousand men. They took part in the Battle of the Somme. They are not mentioned as having taken part in the operations of 52 BC in order to free Alésia. Caesar (BG. II, 4, 16, 23).
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VIROMANDUI (Area of Vermandois) Bronze, imitation du statère d'or à l'epsilon
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