bga_241716 - CORIELTAUVI - North Esatern Region Statère d'or anépigraphe, “série I”

CORIELTAUVI - North Esatern Region Statère d or anépigraphe, “série I” AU

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Type : Statère d'or anépigraphe, “série I”

Date: c. 85-55BC

Metal : gold

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,89 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire frappé sur un flan régulier, mais en or rose. Frappe centrée et usure assez peu prononcée

Catalogue references :

ABC.1734 - BIAC.208-209 - VA.805-11

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection P. N. M. C.

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Restes de tête humaine laurée à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Restes de cheval à gauche avec de gros globules au-dessus et en-dessous.

Commentary

Dans l’ouvrage de C. Rudd, le statère ABC 1734 a été frappé avec le même coin que notre monnaie. Ce type précis est attribué aux Corieltavi, sur les côtes du Nord-Est.

Historical background

CORIELTAUVI - North Esatern Region

(1st century BC)

The Corieltauvi (also called the Coritani) were an important Breton people whose territory was in what is now the East Midlands. Their capital was called Ratae Corieltauvorum, known today as Leicester. Their neighbors were the Brigantes to the north, the Catuvellauni and the Icenians to the south. The Corieltauvi are not mentioned in Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, and do not seem to have offered much resistance to Roman conquest. The ethnonym Corieltauvi is confirmed by the discovery of an inscription in 1965. They were one of the first peoples of the island of Britain to use and mint coins, but the coins found were long attributed to their neighbors the powerful Brigantes . In 2000, 5,000 gold and silver coins were discovered near the township of Hallaton, Leicestershire (Hallaton Treasure)..

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