bga_1138134 - HELVETII (Currently Switzerland) Denier NINNO / MAVC, tête ailée
350.00 €(Approx. 406.00$ | 304.50£)
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Type : Denier NINNO / MAVC, tête ailée
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,37 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Frappe un peu brouillon au droit, joli sanglier au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NINNO.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, la légende devant le visage et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAVC.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche.
Commentary
Dans les Mélanges en l’honneur de Simone Scheers, Anne Geiser a fait le point sur les monnaies helvètes à la légende NINNO (cf. pages 107-116).
L’exemplaire proposé avec NINNO / MAVC correspond au type 4.3.1 variante b, avec la tête ailé. Au total, 22 exemplaires sont recensés pour la variante a et un seul pour la variante b.
Bien que très décentré, cet exemplaire présente des légendes complètes, avec NINNO / MAVC. Le dessus du sanglier est malheureusement hors flan mais pourrait avoir un cercle pointé dans un pentagramme (?).
In the Mélanges en l'honneur de Simone Scheers, Anne Geiser has reviewed the Swiss coins with the legend NINNO (see pages 107-116). The example offered with NINNO / MAVC corresponds to type 4.3.1 variant b, with the winged head. In total, 22 examples are recorded for variant a and only one for variant b. Although very off-center, this example has complete legends, with NINNO / MAVC. The top of the boar is unfortunately off-flan but could have a pointed circle in a pentagram (?)
L’exemplaire proposé avec NINNO / MAVC correspond au type 4.3.1 variante b, avec la tête ailé. Au total, 22 exemplaires sont recensés pour la variante a et un seul pour la variante b.
Bien que très décentré, cet exemplaire présente des légendes complètes, avec NINNO / MAVC. Le dessus du sanglier est malheureusement hors flan mais pourrait avoir un cercle pointé dans un pentagramme (?).
In the Mélanges en l'honneur de Simone Scheers, Anne Geiser has reviewed the Swiss coins with the legend NINNO (see pages 107-116). The example offered with NINNO / MAVC corresponds to type 4.3.1 variant b, with the winged head. In total, 22 examples are recorded for variant a and only one for variant b. Although very off-center, this example has complete legends, with NINNO / MAVC. The top of the boar is unfortunately off-flan but could have a pointed circle in a pentagram (?)
Historical background
HELVETII (Currently Switzerland)
(3rd - 1st century BC)
The Helvetians occupied the territory of present-day Switzerland. Their neighbors were the Séquanes and the Allobroges. According to Pliny's account, it was Helicon, a Helvetian, who would have made wine known to the Gauls, which would have pushed them to invade Italy in the 4th century BC.. -VS. The Helvetians were divided into four pagi including the Tigurins and the Verbigenins. In 58 BC. -VS. , according to Caesar, their territory included forty-two strongholds and four hundred villages. They are at the origin of the intervention of the Roman armies in Gaul. Indeed, pushed by the Germans, they would have decided to emigrate towards the West towards the country of Santons, by crossing the territory of Séquanes, Lingons and Aedui. The latter appealed to Caesar to defend them in the name of the friendship that bound them to the Romans.. The Helvetians, to be sure not to return, destroyed their villages, their houses and their crops.. Defeated near Bibracte, the survivors were forced to return to their home territory. The Helvetians provided a contingent of eight thousand men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I; IV, 10; VI, 25; VII, 75). Kruta: 16, 44, 51, 71, 94, 244, 310, 312, 338, 350, 352-353, 359, 362, 364.
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