v15_0190 - GALLIA - VOLCÆ ARECOMICI (Area of Nîmes) Bronze au Démos, VOLCAE AREC
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 115.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
Realised price : 115.00 €
Starting price : 115.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
Realised price : 115.00 €
Type : Bronze au Démos, VOLCAE AREC
Date: 70-30 ou 49-42 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,08 g.
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique patine vert émail avec un très beau portrait. Légèrement décentré sur la tête du Démos au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : VOLCAE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Artémis diadémée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [AREC].
Reverse description : Personnage (Démos) debout à gauche, vêtu d'une toge ; devant lui, une grande palme.
Commentary
Quand on regarde la tête au droit, nous pourrions avoir affaire aussi bien au portrait d’Apollon, copié directement sur les bronzes de Marseille qu’à celui de Vénus, peut-être imité des bronzes d’Antibes. Aucun attribut ne permet d’affirmer que nous sommes en présence d’un portrait d’Artémis.
When we look at the head on the right, we could be dealing with a portrait of Apollo, copied directly from the Marseille bronzes, or with that of Venus, perhaps imitated from the Antibes bronzes. No attribute allows us to affirm that we are in the presence of a portrait of Artemis.
When we look at the head on the right, we could be dealing with a portrait of Apollo, copied directly from the Marseille bronzes, or with that of Venus, perhaps imitated from the Antibes bronzes. No attribute allows us to affirm that we are in the presence of a portrait of Artemis.
Historical background
GALLIA - VOLCÆ ARECOMICI (Area of Nîmes)
(1st century BC)
The Arecomic Volques, from the same group or people (volk) would have emigrated from the Danubian regions to come and settle in southern Gaul in the 3rd century BC. Installed on part of the current departments of Gard and Hérault, their capital was Nemausus (Nîmes). It is normally on their territory that Narbo Martius (Narbonne) was founded in 118 BC, which was to become the capital of the Provincia. Sources: Caesar (BG. VII, 7, 64); Strabo (G. IV, 1, 12).
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