bga_867484 - VIROMANDUI (Area of Vermandois) Bronze SOLLOS au lion
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Type : Bronze SOLLOS au lion
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Weight : 2,28 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure plus importante au revers qu’au droit. Une partie de la tête est hors flan. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SOLLOS.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche avec les mèches mêlées et torsadés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLLOS.
Reverse description : Lion bondissant à gauche ; lyre, centrée d’un globule, entourée de deux lignes ondulées.
Commentary
Ce type est très difficile à trouver en bon état de conservation.
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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