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E-auction 450-362287 - bga_698262 - NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Drachme d’argent à l'hippophore

NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Drachme d’argent à l hippophore F/VG
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 26 €
Maximum bid : 28 €
End of the sale : 29 November 2021 14:05:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Drachme d’argent à l'hippophore
Date: c.80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Nantes (44)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,1 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie identifiable mais assez usée. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Petite tête à droite, entourée de cordons perlés, la chevelure stylisée.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale galopant à droite conduit par un aurige étendant la main droite ; entre les pattes du cheval, hippophore.

Historical background


NAMNETES (Area of Nantes)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

Armorican people, the Namnètes were installed at the mouth of the Loire whose course separated them from the Pictons. Their name is retained by that of the city of Nantes. Their maritime role seems to have been important and they participated in the operations against the Romans in 56 BC and supported the Venetian fleet. It is among the Veneti that Strabo places the port of tin, Corbilo. Caesar (BG. III, 9). Strabo (G. IV, 2, 1).

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