bga_169213 - CORIOSOLITÆ (Area of Corseul, Cotes d'Armor) Statère de billon, classe V
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Statère de billon, classe V
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Saint-Brieuc (22)
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Statère frappé sur un flan large mais irrégulier, avec une intaille au revers. Frappe centrée mais sur un flan trop court au revers. Patine sombre, légèrement poreuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine à droite, chevelure en trois 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
Cet exemplaire a le nez caractéristique de la classe Vb et la lyre du revers bien nette, mais pas la croix devant le cheval. Le droit est particulièrement beau et complet.
This specimen has the characteristic nose of the Vb class and the clear lyre on the reverse, but not the cross in front of the horse. The obverse is particularly beautiful and complete.
This specimen has the characteristic nose of the Vb class and the clear lyre on the reverse, but not the cross in front of the horse. The obverse is particularly beautiful and complete.
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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