Live auction - bga_998979 - ANDECAVI (Area of Angers) Obole du type du pont de la Chaloire
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Live starting : Type : Obole du type du pont de la Chaloire
Date: c.80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,44 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Belle obole particulièrement bien centrée et dans un état exceptionnel pour le type. Patine grise aux légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête joufflue de face, les cheveux divisés en deux grandes mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à droite ; trois globules disposés en triangle entre les pattes et sous le groin ; deux volutes au-dessus.
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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