v25_0775 - GALLIA BELGICA - MORINI (coastal area of the English Channel and the North Sea) Quart de statère au bateau, à l’annelet, en or pâle
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 280.00 €
Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 280.00 €
Type : Quart de statère au bateau, à l’annelet, en or pâle
Date: c. 70-50 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 1,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement éclaté sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Lisse avec un annelet perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : “Arbre” flanqué d’un soleil et d’un astre ; au-dessous, ligne brisée en forme de faucille ; au-dessus, une rosace globulée.
Commentary
Malgré les conclusions, parfois très argumentées de certains de nos collègues, nous maintenons une attribution de ce monnayage aux Morins qui se répartit dans les trouvailles de chaque côté de la Manche. Pour le sanctuaire de Digeon, bien fouillé et qui a livré des milliers de monnaies, combien d’autres sites en pays morin, ambien, bellovaque ou atrébate restent-ils à découvrir qui viendront modifier notre connaissance du monnayage et nous obligerons encore une fois à “chambouler” nos classements ? .
Despite the sometimes very well-argued conclusions of some of our colleagues, we maintain an attribution of this coinage to the Morins, which is distributed among the finds on each side of the Channel. For the sanctuary of Digeon, well excavated and which yielded thousands of coins, how many other sites in Morin, Ambien, Bellovaque or Atrebate country remain to be discovered that will modify our knowledge of coinage and force us once again to “shake up” our classifications?
Despite the sometimes very well-argued conclusions of some of our colleagues, we maintain an attribution of this coinage to the Morins, which is distributed among the finds on each side of the Channel. For the sanctuary of Digeon, well excavated and which yielded thousands of coins, how many other sites in Morin, Ambien, Bellovaque or Atrebate country remain to be discovered that will modify our knowledge of coinage and force us once again to “shake up” our classifications?
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - MORINI (coastal area of the English Channel and the North Sea)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Morins, people of Belgian Gaul, were located by the sea between Étaples and Bruges in the current departments of Pas-de-Calais and Nord for France and regions of maritime Flanders and Zeeland. Their neighbors were the Ambians, the Atrebates and the Menapians. They participated in the coalition of the Belgian peoples in 57 BC, led by the Bellovaques. They provided a contingent of twenty five thousand men. In 56 BC, they joined the maritime coalition of the Veneti. Caesar led an expedition against the Morins and Menapians which ended in failure. However, it was from Portus Itius (Boulogne-sur-Mer), located on their territory, that Caesar embarked to invade the island of Brittany. After 54 BC, Caesar imposed the Atrebate Commios as king on the Morins in order to thank him for his help and support during the two expeditions to Brittany. In 52 BC, the Morins provided a contingent of five thousand men to the relief army. One of their oppida seems to have been Taruenna (Thérouanne). Caesar (BG. II, 4; III, 9, 28; IV, 21, 22, 37, 38; V, 24; VII, 75, 76).
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