bga_1138131 - GALLIA BELGICA - MORINI (coastal area of the English Channel and the North Sea) Quart de statère au bateau, revers au profil luniforme
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Type : Quart de statère au bateau, revers au profil luniforme
Date: c. 70-50 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan très légèrement décentré. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Collection Paul Bancroft, UK
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bateau à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, le nez marqué.
Commentary
Ce quart appartient à une très rare série étudiée dès 1977 par Simone Scheers qui dressait le bilan de nos connaissances. Les rares provenances connues sont localisées au nord-est de la Vallée de la Somme et aux confins de la Belgique actuelle. Depuis 1977 nos connaissance n'ont que guère évolué avec un nombre très restreint de nouvelles monnaies connues. Cette variante de la série au bateau présente deux types de portrait ; l'un assez détaillé et l'autre (comme pour notre quart) ne présente qu'une masse ovale avec une sorte de nez pour signifier le profile très stylisé.
This quarter coin belongs to a very rare series studied as early as 1977 by Simone Scheers, who compiled a summary of our knowledge. The few known provenances are located northeast of the Somme Valley and on the borders of present-day Belgium. Since 1977, our knowledge has hardly evolved, with only a very limited number of new coins being discovered. This variant of the boat series features two types of portrait: one quite detailed, and the other (as with our quarter coin) simply an oval shape with a sort of nose to represent a highly stylized profile.
This quarter coin belongs to a very rare series studied as early as 1977 by Simone Scheers, who compiled a summary of our knowledge. The few known provenances are located northeast of the Somme Valley and on the borders of present-day Belgium. Since 1977, our knowledge has hardly evolved, with only a very limited number of new coins being discovered. This variant of the boat series features two types of portrait: one quite detailed, and the other (as with our quarter coin) simply an oval shape with a sort of nose to represent a highly stylized profile.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - MORINI (coastal area of the English Channel and the North Sea)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Morins, people of Belgian Gaul, were located by the sea between Étaples and Bruges in the current departments of Pas-de-Calais and Nord for France and regions of maritime Flanders and Zeeland. Their neighbors were the Ambians, the Atrebates and the Menapians. They participated in the coalition of the Belgian peoples in 57 BC, led by the Bellovaques. They provided a contingent of twenty five thousand men. In 56 BC, they joined the maritime coalition of the Veneti. Caesar led an expedition against the Morins and Menapians which ended in failure. However, it was from Portus Itius (Boulogne-sur-Mer), located on their territory, that Caesar embarked to invade the island of Brittany. After 54 BC, Caesar imposed the Atrebate Commios as king on the Morins in order to thank him for his help and support during the two expeditions to Brittany. In 52 BC, the Morins provided a contingent of five thousand men to the relief army. One of their oppida seems to have been Taruenna (Thérouanne). Caesar (BG. II, 4; III, 9, 28; IV, 21, 22, 37, 38; V, 24; VII, 75, 76).
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