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bga_116547 - NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Quart de statère à l'hippophore

NAMNETES (Area of Nantes) Quart de statère à l hippophore F/VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Quart de statère à l'hippophore
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Nantes (44)
Metal : electrum
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan relativement large
Catalogue references :
LT.6745  - DT.2195

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête large et massive à droite, entourée de cordons perlés.

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.

Commentary

Comme souvent pour ces monnaies, elles ont été volontairement écrasées (cf. MONNAIES XIX, n° 465).

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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