v25_0695 - CORIOSOLITÆ (Area of Corseul, Cotes d'Armor) Quart de statère de billon, classe Vb
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 425.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 534.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 425.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 534.00 €
Type : Quart de statère de billon, classe Vb
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Brieuc (22)
Metal : billon
Diameter : 13,3 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan régulier, un peu court pour la tête du droit. Frappe parfaitement centrée. Belle patine sombre mettant en valeur les reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine à droite, chevelure en rouleaux, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches en forme d’S, le nez en crosse, l’œil ovale, cordons perlés devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale bridé, galopant à droite ; au-dessus, restes de la tête de l'aurige et hampe pointée ; entre les jambes, une lyre penchée ; devant le cheval, une croix.
Commentary
Ce quart est typique de la classe Vb, tant au doit qu'au revers. Le coup de burin du revers altère particulièrement la lyre. A droite de la lyre, une cassure de coins (?) donne l'impression d'un motif supplémentaire qui ne serait pas sans rappeler la croix de la monnaie n° 691.
This quarter is typical of the Vb class, both on the front and the reverse. The burin mark on the reverse particularly damages the lyre. To the right of the lyre, a die break (?) gives the impression of an additional motif which would be reminiscent of the cross on coin no. 691
This quarter is typical of the Vb class, both on the front and the reverse. The burin mark on the reverse particularly damages the lyre. To the right of the lyre, a die break (?) gives the impression of an additional motif which would be reminiscent of the cross on coin no. 691
Historical background
CORIOSOLITÆ (Area of Corseul, Cotes d'Armor)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Coriosolites were an Armorican people, settled in the current department of Côtes-d'Armor. They had for neighbors the Osismes, the Vénètes, the Namnètes and the Redons. They were a seafaring people whose main port seems to have been Alet. Their name is still preserved today in that of Corseul. They played an important role in trade with insular Britain, took part in the campaign of 57 BC and were subjugated by Crassus. The following year, they again participated in the revolt of the Armoricans under the leadership of the Veneti with the Unelles and the Lexoviens, all crushed by Caesar. In 52 BC, the Coriosolites participated in the contingent of twenty thousand men that the Armoricans sent to free Vercingetorix, besieged in Alesia. Caesar (BG. II, 34; III, 7, 11; VII, 75). Pliny (HN IV, 107) Kruta: 108, 355, 366.
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