bga_1058880 - REDONES (Area of Rennes) Statère d'argent à l’hippocampe
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Type : Statère d'argent à l’hippocampe
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vannes (56)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 7,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie parfaitement centrée, avec un portrait exceptionnel au droit. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux allongés en grosses mèches se terminant par des S, entourée d’un cordon perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale, bridé à droite ; au-dessus, l'aurige tient une hampe ; sous le cheval, une hippocampe.
Commentary
Ces monnaies en argent étaient initialement classées chez les Vénètes. Les différentes monnaies de cette série ont été étudiées et publiées dans le Hors Série n° 2 des Cahiers de la SENA, par Samuel Gouet et Louis-Pol Delestrée. Notre exemplaire correspond à la classe I, var. 1b et a été frappé avec le même coin de droit que la monnaie Fig. 5bis.
These silver coins were initially classified among the Veneti. The different coins in this series were studied and published in Special Edition No. 2 of the Cahiers de la SENA, by Samuel Gouet and Louis-Pol Delestrée. Our example corresponds to class I, var. 1b and was struck with the same obverse die as the coin Fig. 5bis
These silver coins were initially classified among the Veneti. The different coins in this series were studied and published in Special Edition No. 2 of the Cahiers de la SENA, by Samuel Gouet and Louis-Pol Delestrée. Our example corresponds to class I, var. 1b and was struck with the same obverse die as the coin Fig. 5bis
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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