v45_0954 - REDONES (Area of Rennes) Statère de billon, classe IV
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Statère de billon, classe IV
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21,00 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie frappée sur un flan lourd et épais. Droit complet, mais anciennement nettoyé. Revers de frappe vigoureuse, mais légèrement décentrée sur la droite. Patine grise, plus claire par endroits
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite, la chevelure abondante ; rinceau devant la bouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale conduit à droite par un aurige, tenant les rênes et le fouet ; entre les pattes, rouelle à quatre rayons avec moyeu central.
Commentary
Cette monnaie est bien complète, avec une très belle chevelure mais un rinceau à peine visible devant la bouche. Au revers, la roue à quatre rayons est l’élément déterminant dans le classement de ces statères à la classe IV. Le vexillum devant l’androcéphale est hors flan sur cet exemplaire, particulièrement complet par ailleurs.
This coin is quite complete, with very beautiful hair but a barely visible scroll in front of the mouth. On the reverse, the four-spoked wheel is the determining element in the classification of these staters in class IV. The vexillum in front of the androcephalus is off-flan on this example, which is particularly complete elsewhere.
This coin is quite complete, with very beautiful hair but a barely visible scroll in front of the mouth. On the reverse, the four-spoked wheel is the determining element in the classification of these staters in class IV. The vexillum in front of the androcephalus is off-flan on this example, which is particularly complete elsewhere.
Historical background
REDONES (Area of Rennes)
(3rd - 1st century BC)
The Redons occupied the eastern part of Armorica, corresponding to the current department of Ille-et-Vilaine. Their neighbors were the Coriosolites, the Namnètes, the Unelles and the Aulerques. They would have had an outlet on the sea, at the level of the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel. Their surname is found in the towns of Redon and Rennes (Condate). They were part of the coalition of 57 BC, which shied away from combat, and were subjugated by Crassus. The following year, the Roman emissaries were taken prisoner, which forced Caesar to intervene in Armorica in order to subdue the rebellious tribes, before moving to Brittany the following year to punish the tribes from across the Channel who had brought their support for the Armoricans. In 52 BC, at the request of Vercingetorix, they provided a contingent for the relief army; this, according to Caesar, included twenty thousand men for all the Armoricans. Caesar (BG. II, 34, VII, 75).
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