v15_1174 - GALLIA BELGICA - MELDI (Area of Meaux) Bronze ROVECA, classe IIIa
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 70.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 70.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze ROVECA, classe IIIa
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire usé et/ou mal frappé, avec une magnifique patine vert d’eau lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [ROVECA].
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, la chevelure ornée d'un bandeau, un torque au cou. Une amphore renversée sous le cou, un globule devant le menton et un autre derrière la nuque. Grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [POOY]IKA.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche, trois annelets pointés au-dessus du cheval et un autre au-dessous, légende sous cet annelet (entre les jambes avant et arrière du cheval).
Commentary
Le cou est accosté de deux globules (habituellement des annelets pointés).
The neck is flanked by two globules (usually pointed rings)
The neck is flanked by two globules (usually pointed rings)
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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