bga_1186219 - GALLIA - CALETI (Area of Pays de Caux) Hémistatère “au sanglier aurige”, classe Ic
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Type : Hémistatère “au sanglier aurige”, classe Ic
Date: IIe - Ier siècles avant J.-C.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,09 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire fragmentaire, cassé en deux. Usure importante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon à droite, la chevelure ornementée en esses enchevêtrées ; la base du cou ornée et deux motifs de pomme de pin (?) devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à droite ; un sanglier aurige au-dessus du dos ; un arc bandé avec la flèche sous le ventre ; un petit oiseau devant le poitrail ; ligne d’exergue ornée et champ tout piqueté.
Commentary
Exemplaire fourré. Comme le DT. S99A, cette monnaie se distingue du classique DT. 99 avec un ornement figurant peut-être un pendant d’oreille. Ce type précis est repris par J. Sills comme la classe Ic dont il recense six exemplaires, en faisant la classe la mieux représentée. Les deux pommes de pin (?) devant le visage sont rarement visibles ; elles ne sont pas sans rappeler le motif se trouvant sous le menton de certains statères des Parisii.
Filled specimen. Like DT. S99A, this coin differs from the classic DT. 99 with an ornament possibly representing an ear pendant. This specific type is taken up by J. Sills as class Ic, of which he lists six examples, making it the best-represented class. The two pine cones (?) in front of the face are rarely visible; they are reminiscent of the motif found under the chin on certain Parisii staters.
Filled specimen. Like DT. S99A, this coin differs from the classic DT. 99 with an ornament possibly representing an ear pendant. This specific type is taken up by J. Sills as class Ic, of which he lists six examples, making it the best-represented class. The two pine cones (?) in front of the face are rarely visible; they are reminiscent of the motif found under the chin on certain Parisii staters.
Historical background
GALLIA - CALETI (Area of Pays de Caux)
(4th - 2nd century BC)
The Calètes, people of Belgium, were sometimes considered Armoricans. They occupied part of the current department of Seine-Maritime with the countries of Caux and Bray. Their neighbors were the Véliocasses, the Bellovaques, of whom they were clients, and the Ambiens. The Calètes would have provided a contingent of ten thousand men to the Belgian coalition under the leadership of the Bellovaques in 57 BC. In 52 BC, they participated with the seven Armorican peoples in sending twenty thousand men for the relief army, destined to deliver Alesia. In 51 BC, they took part in the revolt of the Belgian peoples, led by the Bellovaci. Two of their main oppida were in Bracquemont and Fécamp. In Roman times, their capital was Juliobona, Lillebonne. Caesar (BG. II, 4; VII, 75; VIII, 8). Strabo (G. IV, 1); Pliny (HN. IV, 107). Ptolemy (G. II, 8). Kruta: 70.
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