bga_282752 - NERVII (Currently Belgium) Potin dit “au rameau”, cheval à droite
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Potin dit “au rameau”, cheval à droite
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 21 mm
Weight : 5,19 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Potin d’assez bon style malgré une usure marquée ou un assez faible relief au droit. Patine grise et un peu brillante au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection J.-C. D.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Axe vertical, formé de six ou sept globules, accosté de quatre mèches ondulées de part et d'autre ; bourrelet périphérique.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval stylisé à droite, divers ornements mal venus (globules et croissants) entre les jambes, devant la croupe et au-dessus du dos ; bourrelet périphérique.
Commentary
Il est toujours tentant de rapprocher ce potin au rameau du beau potin DT. 218 de style fin. Ce potin dégénéré, avec le cheval à droite, est le plus courant de la série. Il reste pourtant assez rare sur le marché, surtout en bel état ! Si l'attribution traditionnelle est aux Nerviens, les Atrébates ont aussi été proposés.
Avec un cheval particulièrement net, cet exemplaire permet de comparer le style du cheval avec celui des statères, tel que le bga_282599 par exemple.
It is always tempting to compare this potin with the beautiful DT. 218 potin in fine style. This degenerate potin, with the horse on the right, is the most common in the series. However, it remains quite rare on the market, especially in good condition! While the traditional attribution is to the Nervii, the Atrebates have also been offered. With a particularly clear horse, this example allows us to compare the style of the horse with that of the staters, such as bga_282599 for example.
Avec un cheval particulièrement net, cet exemplaire permet de comparer le style du cheval avec celui des statères, tel que le bga_282599 par exemple.
It is always tempting to compare this potin with the beautiful DT. 218 potin in fine style. This degenerate potin, with the horse on the right, is the most common in the series. However, it remains quite rare on the market, especially in good condition! While the traditional attribution is to the Nervii, the Atrebates have also been offered. With a particularly clear horse, this example allows us to compare the style of the horse with that of the staters, such as bga_282599 for example.
Historical background
NERVII (Currently Belgium)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Les Nerviens belong to the large Belgian group. Their territory was very vast and extended over the north of present-day Belgium, located between Scheldt and Sambre. Their neighbors were the Menapians, the Eburones, the Remes, the Bellovaci, the Viromanduans and the Atrebates.. They had several client peoples including the Ceutrons and the Lévaques. In 57 BC. -VS. , they provided a contingent of fifty thousand men to the Belgian coalition, led by the Bellovaques. César describes them as "the fiercest of the Belgians". They were defeated at the Battle of the Sambre and decimated. Only five hundred warriors would have survived out of the sixty thousand engaged. They submitted and received the protection of the Romans, which did not prevent them, in 54 BC. -VS. , to join the sedition of Ambiorix, Eburon leader who revolted against Caesar and besieged Quintus Cicero, who was finally freed by his leader. They were preparing for war when Caesar led his troops into their territory and crushed them in 53 BC.. -VS. Nevertheless, they still provided a contingent of five thousand men to rescue Vercingetorix besieged in Alesia. Caesar (BG. II, 4, 15-17, 19, 23, 28, 29, 32; V, 24, 38, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 56, 58; VI, 2, 3, 29; VII, 75). Strabo (G. IV, 3, 4).
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