v26_0676 - GALLIA - ARMORICA - OSISMII (Area of Carhaix - Finistère) Quart de statère dit “à la tente”
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 567.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 780.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 567.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 780.00 €
Type : Quart de statère dit “à la tente”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Brest (29)
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 16,2 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, avec un droit parfaitement bien centré. Le revers est légèrement décentré, avec la tête de l’androcéphale en bord de flan. Fine patine grise et irisée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la trouvaille de Plouguerneau et fut acheté en novembre 1956
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure en trois grosses mèches ; cordons perlés enroulés autour .
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale bridé, galopant à droite ; au-dessus, restes de la tête au bout d’un cordon perlé ; entre les jambes, la façade d’un temple ou “tente”.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est particulièrement beau pour ce très rare type de monnaies. Principalement connus par les trésor de Guingamp et de Plouguerneau, ces monnaies restent rares malgré les échantillons de ces trésors passés récemment sur le marché (Trésor II, ancienne collection J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu et récente vente Vinchon, collection R. Boissel). Cet exemplaire porte le numéro 8 à l'encre sur le revers.
This example is particularly beautiful for this very rare type of coin. Mainly known from the hoards of Guingamp and Plouguerneau, these coins remain rare despite samples of these hoards recently coming onto the market (Treasure II, former J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu collection and recent Vinchon sale, R. Boissel collection). This example bears the number 8 in ink on the reverse
This example is particularly beautiful for this very rare type of coin. Mainly known from the hoards of Guingamp and Plouguerneau, these coins remain rare despite samples of these hoards recently coming onto the market (Treasure II, former J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu collection and recent Vinchon sale, R. Boissel collection). This example bears the number 8 in ink on the reverse
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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