bga_171883 - CORIOSOLITÆ (Area of Corseul, Cotes d'Armor) Statère de billon, classe III (cisaillé)
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Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Statère de billon, classe III (cisaillé)
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Brieuc (22)
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Il manque environ un tiers du statère, mais au revers, le bas du cheval et le petit sanglier sont particulièrement bien venus à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine à droite, chevelure en trois rouleaux, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches en forme de S, le nez en trompette, l’œil rond.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval stylisé, à tête aviforme, galopant à droite ; au-dessus, restes de la tête de l'aurige ; entre les jambes, un sanglier à droite.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire, provenant certainement d’un trésor étudié “scientifiquement”, a été volontairement cisaillé pour en vérifier la composition métallique. Trace de cassure de coin visible dans la chevelure. Deux lignes parallèles dans le bas de la chevelure.
This specimen, certainly coming from a “scientifically” studied treasure, was deliberately sheared to verify its metallic composition. Traces of a corner break visible in the hair. Two parallel lines at the bottom of the hair
This specimen, certainly coming from a “scientifically” studied treasure, was deliberately sheared to verify its metallic composition. Traces of a corner break visible in the hair. Two parallel lines at the bottom of the hair
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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