v28_0649 - VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin) Bronze au sanglier
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 650.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 720.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 650.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 720.00 €
Type : Bronze au sanglier
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,05 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,51 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce très rare bronze. Droit et revers complets avec une bonne partie des grènetis. Patine vert foncé, plus ou moins brillante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête masculine à droite, le cou très fort ; un sanglier devant la bouche et une tête de serpent (?) devant le front ; double grènetis autour de l’ensemble.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à droite ; une rouelle entre les pattes et un animal stylisé (oiseau ?) sous le groin ; un annelet au-dessus de l’oreille ; double grènetis autour de l’ensemble.
Commentary
Ce bronze est excessivement rare et cet exemplaire est particulièrement beau, tant par son centrage que par sa qualité. Les éléments secondaires du droit comme du revers sont assez difficiles à interpréter. Le sanglier devant le visage se retrouve sur le bronze DVNICCOS (DT. 2440) attribué aux Aulerques Eburovices.
This bronze is extremely rare and this example is particularly beautiful, both for its centering and its quality. The secondary elements on the obverse and reverse are quite difficult to interpret. The boar in front of the face is found on the bronze DVNICCOS (DT. 2440) attributed to the Aulerci Eburovices
This bronze is extremely rare and this example is particularly beautiful, both for its centering and its quality. The secondary elements on the obverse and reverse are quite difficult to interpret. The boar in front of the face is found on the bronze DVNICCOS (DT. 2440) attributed to the Aulerci Eburovices
Historical background
VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Véliocasses, people of Belgian Gaul, lived in the Norman Vexin located in the current department of Seine-Maritime. Their neighbors were the Lexovians and the Aulerci Éburovices, with the Seine as their border, and on the other side the Parisii, the Calètes and the Bellovaques. They participated in the Belgian coalition of 57 BC, led by the Bellovaques and provided a contingent of ten thousand men. But in 52 BC, for the relief army to release Vercingetorix besieged in Alesia, they only gave three thousand men. The following year, in 51 BC, they took part for the last time in the coalition of the Belgians in revolt under the leadership of the Bellovaques. Their main oppidum was Rouen (Rotomagus). Caesar (BG. II, 4; VII, 75; VIII, 7); Pliny (HN. IV). Ptolemy (G. II, 8). Kruta: 366.
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