bga_855580 - GALLIA - ARMORICA - OSISMII (Area of Carhaix - Finistère) Quart de statère dit “à la barrière”
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Type : Quart de statère dit “à la barrière”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Brest (29)
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie sur un flan de forme irrégulière et légèrement décentré. Des faiblesses. Jolie tête au droit. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, la chevelure en trois grosses mèches ; cordons perlés enroulés autour .
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale à gauche ; au-dessus, restes de l’aurige ; la “barrière d’hippodrome” entre les jambes du cheval et une rouelle devant le poitrail.
Commentary
Tête assez particulière au droit, notamment le nez. Une petite croix est bien visible au-dessus. A peine une quinzaine d'exemplaires sont répertoriés dans le Moneta. Ce quart existe avec la tête à droite ou à gauche.
Quite particular head on the right, especially the nose. A small cross is clearly visible above. Barely fifteen copies are listed in the Moneta. This quarter exists with the head on the right or on the left
Quite particular head on the right, especially the nose. A small cross is clearly visible above. Barely fifteen copies are listed in the Moneta. This quarter exists with the head on the right or on the left
Historical background
GALLIA - ARMORICA - OSISMII (Area of Carhaix - Finistère)
(2nd - 1st centuries BC)
The Osismes were an Armorican people, settled in the current department of Finistère, at the northwestern end of Gaul and the Armorican coasts. They had as chief town Vorgium, today Carhaix. Their neighbors were the Veneti and the Coriosolites. Their name would mean "the furthest away" or "the people at the end of the world". They were subjugated by Caesar's army in 57 along with the other Armorican peoples. But from 56, they joined the coalition led by the Venetians. They will participate in the contingent of twenty-five thousand men provided in 52 BC to the army of the Gallic coalition by the Armorican peoples. Caesar (BG. II, 34, III, 9, VII, 75, 1). Pliny (HN IV, 107). Ptolemy (II, 8). Kruta, page 766.
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