v15_1360 - MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz) Bronze MEDIOMA, classe II au griffon
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 185.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 248.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 408.00 €
Starting price : 185.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 248.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 408.00 €
Type : Bronze MEDIOMA, classe II au griffon
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,23 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Patine verte, sur un flan un peu court. Le droit est complet, mais il manque les jambes avant du cheval au revers. Traces des penons de coulée du flan. Légende presque complète
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée (?) à droite, un fleuron (?) devant la bouche. Grènetis de gros globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MEDIOM[A].
Reverse description : Griffon au galop à droite. Légende au-dessous entre les pattes.
Commentary
La légende MEDIOMA a les deux premières lettres, M et E, ligaturées sur les exemplaires de la classe II.
Historical background
MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Médiomatriques were a very powerful people of Belgian Gaul. They were strongly Romanized and owed their wealth to the salt trade. They were installed on the Moselle and controlled part of the Vosges and Alsace. They had for neighbors the Treveri, the Remi, the Lingones, the Leuci and the Sequani. They provided a contingent of five thousand men for the relief army intended to free Alesia. Their main oppidum was Divodurum (Metz). Caesar (BG. IV, 10; VII, 75).
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