v36_1324 - GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux) Bronze EPENOS, stylisé
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze EPENOS, stylisé
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bronze frappé sur un flan relativement large et irrégulier, avec un portrait complet mais un revers un peu décentré. Superbe patine verte et brune
Catalogue references :
LT.7617 - DT.587 - BN.7616-7630 - RIG.163 - Sch/GB.512 - Sch/L.1007 - Sch/D.331-332 - Sch/SM.- - BMCC.102-103
Obverse
Obverse legend : [EPENOS].
Obverse description : Tête masculine à gauche, les cheveux longs et bouclés, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EPHN[OS].
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite, la queue ondulée, surmonté d'un oiseau de face aux ailes déployées ; légende sous le cheval.
Commentary
La légende est hors flan au droit, mais entière (?) et stylisée au revers ! Le style du portrait ainsi que le traitement du revers fait penser à une imitation. L’oiseau du revers ressemble plus au cavalier ailé des drachmes du centre-ouest de la Gaule qu’à l’oiseau habituellement représenté sur ces bronze EPENOS.
The legend is off-flank on the obverse, but complete (?) and stylized on the reverse! The style of the portrait as well as the treatment of the reverse suggests an imitation. The bird on the reverse looks more like the winged rider of the drachmas of west-central Gaul than the bird usually depicted on these EPENOS bronzes
The legend is off-flank on the obverse, but complete (?) and stylized on the reverse! The style of the portrait as well as the treatment of the reverse suggests an imitation. The bird on the reverse looks more like the winged rider of the drachmas of west-central Gaul than the bird usually depicted on these EPENOS bronzes
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux)
(1st century BC)
The Meldes are mentioned only once in Caesar's work. This small people lived between the Seine and the Marne in the plain of Brie with Meaux as its capital. The Meldes emancipated themselves late from the tutelage of the Suessions and the Remes at the time of the Gallic Wars. Having become independent in 57 BC, the Meldes chose to ally with the Romans. Caesar had sixty ships built by the Meldes, in 55 BC, for the expedition to Brittany. Caesar (BG. V, 5).
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