v25_0748 - GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux) Bronze EPENOS
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
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Starting price : 220.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze EPENOS
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19,3 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau bronze, décentré au droit. Flan irrégulier avec les traces de casse des penons de coulée du flan. Patine verte et brillante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête masculine à gauche, les cheveux longs et bouclés ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [EPHNOS].
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite, la crinière perlée, surmonté d'un oiseau éployé, un croissant au-dessous ; légende sous le cheval (?).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire très stylisé a la particularité de n'avoir aucune légende au revers (de manière certaine grâce au grènetis) et de ne par avoir de grènetis au revers ; la présence de légende au revers n'est qu'hypothétique.
This very stylized example has the particularity of having no legend on the reverse (certainly thanks to the graining) and of not having any graining on the reverse; the presence of a legend on the reverse is only hypothetical
This very stylized example has the particularity of having no legend on the reverse (certainly thanks to the graining) and of not having any graining on the reverse; the presence of a legend on the reverse is only hypothetical
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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