v28_0620 - CORIOSOLITÆ (Area of Corseul, Cotes d'Armor) Quart de statère de billon, classe Vb
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 332.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 332.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 332.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 332.00 €
Type : Quart de statère de billon, classe Vb
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Brieuc (22)
Metal : billon
Diameter : 14,1 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,38 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire particulièrement large et complet pour un quart, avec un centrage idéal au droit comme au revers. Agréable patine sombre, légèrement poreuse
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, avec tous les éléments caractéristiques complets et bien nets. Aucun quart de ce type ne figure dans le Nouvel Atlas. La découverte de nouvelles monnaies, telles que celle-ci ou encore le quart rédon, fait se demander si chaque statère n'aurait pas sa division ?.
This quarter is typical of class Vb, both on the front and the reverse, with all the characteristic elements complete and clear. No quarter of this type appears in the New Atlas. The discovery of new coins, such as this one or the Redon quarter, makes one wonder if each stater does not have its division?
This quarter is typical of class Vb, both on the front and the reverse, with all the characteristic elements complete and clear. No quarter of this type appears in the New Atlas. The discovery of new coins, such as this one or the Redon quarter, makes one wonder if each stater does not have its division?
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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