v28_0667 - GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux) Bronze ROVECA ARCANTODAN, classe Ia
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze ROVECA ARCANTODAN, classe Ia
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,6 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,11 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bronze frappé sur un flan irrégulier avec d'importantes cassures du penon de coulée. Droit de frappe molle, mais revers très vigoureux. Magnifique patine verte et brillante
Catalogue references :
LT.7687 - DT.574 - BN.7684-7690 - RIG.240 - Sch/GB.203 - Sch/L.1002 - Sch/D.328 - Sch/SM.- - BMCC.100-101
Obverse
Obverse legend : [RO]VECA [ARCANTO]DAN.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche, les cheveux enroulés sur la nuque ; légende autour de la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Griffon bondissant à droite, des esses et des annelets au-dessus, grènetis ; ligne d’exergue perlée surmontant un sarment de vigne avec grappes.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire de la "classe I var. a" est sur un flan trop court et d'une frappe trop décentrée pour avoir l'intégralité des légendes ; seule la fin des légendes ROVECA et ARCANTODAN est lisible. Le rinceau du revers est quant à lui très bien venu à la frappe.
This example of the \\\"class I var. a\\\" is on a flan that is too short and struck too off-center to have the entirety of the legends; only the end of the legends ROVECA and ARCANTODAN is legible. The scroll on the reverse is very well struck.
This example of the \\\"class I var. a\\\" is on a flan that is too short and struck too off-center to have the entirety of the legends; only the end of the legends ROVECA and ARCANTODAN is legible. The scroll on the reverse is very well struck.
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).
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
PONTUS - AMISOS Tetrachalque AU
34.00 €
CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT Centenionalis ou nummus AU
22.00 €
DOMITIA Denier AU/XF
200.00 €
POSTUMIA Denier AU/AU
260.00 €
SYRIA - SELEUKID KINGDOM - DEMETRIUS II NIKATOR Double unité de bronze, (MB, Æ
110.00 €
TITUS Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28) AU
380.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
