Live auction - bga_1034926 - ANDECAVI (Area of Angers) Bronze VALETIA à la tête casquée et au lion
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| Starting price : | 250 € |
| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 July 2025 15:51:37 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Bronze VALETIA à la tête casquée et au lion
Date: c.80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,96 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Joli bronze légèrement décentré au revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine gris foncé, brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : VALETIAC (?).
Obverse description : Tête casquée à droite ; légende devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion à gauche, une esse au-dessus et des lettres (?) indéterminées dans le champ.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est très rare et particulièrement sous documenté ! Bien que figurant au LA TOUR, ce type semble avoir été négligé par les auteurs du Nouvel Atlas. Le Monetae recense le LT. 5050 et ajoute un exemplaire qui proviendrait de la Villeneuve-au-Chatelot (vues ses nombreuses erreurs, il est permis d’en douter). Quoi qu’il en soit, l’attribution retenue va vers les Eduens, comme depuis le XIXe siècle. Des informations concordantes nous font pourtant classer ce bronze aux Andécaves !.
This type of bronze is very rare and particularly under-documented! Although it appears in the LA TOUR, this type seems to have been overlooked by the authors of the New Atlas. The Monetae lists LT. 5050 and adds a specimen that would come from Villeneuve-au-Chatelot (given its numerous errors, this is doubtful). In any case, the attribution is to the Aedui, as it has been since the 19th century. However, consistent information leads us to classify this bronze as an Andécaves!
This type of bronze is very rare and particularly under-documented! Although it appears in the LA TOUR, this type seems to have been overlooked by the authors of the New Atlas. The Monetae lists LT. 5050 and adds a specimen that would come from Villeneuve-au-Chatelot (given its numerous errors, this is doubtful). In any case, the attribution is to the Aedui, as it has been since the 19th century. However, consistent information leads us to classify this bronze as an Andécaves!
Historical background
ANDECAVI (Area of Angers)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Andécaves or Andes, whose territory extended north of the Loire on the banks of the Mayenne, occupied Anjou, which today corresponds to the departments of Maine-et-Loire and Sarthe. Their name is found in the city of Angers, the ancient Juliomagus. They are cited by Caesar in the Gallic Wars. Caesar (BG. II, 35; III, 7, VII, 4; VIII, 26). Ptolemy (G. II, 8); Pliny (HN. IV, 107). Kruta: 69, 366.
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