bga_705712 - VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin) Bronze NIREI au cheval et à l’aigle
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Type : Bronze NIREI au cheval et à l’aigle
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,76 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan irrégulier, avec un joli droit. Patine hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : NEREI [...].
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche, deux annelets pointés au-dessus du casque ; légende derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à droite derrière une enseigne ; un aigle entre les jambes et un astre devant le cheval.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est très rare ; c’est le deuxième que nous proposons à la vente. Il est pourtant connu depuis le XIXe et reproduit dans le LA TOUR. Le dessin LT. 7976 montre deux annelets pointés superposés au-dessus du cheval. Sur notre exemplaire, il s’agit clairement d’une enseigne dont le manche est figuré sur le côté du cheval !
Ce type monétaire a été étudié dans SENA n° 208 de Juin 2016 pages 21 à 28.
This type of bronze is very rare; This is the second one we offer for sale. However, it has been known since the 19th century and reproduced in LA TOUR. The LT drawing. 7976 shows two pointed ringlets superimposed above the horse. On our example, it is clearly a sign whose handle is depicted on the side of the horse! This monetary type was studied in SENA n° 208 of June 2016 pages 21 to 28
Ce type monétaire a été étudié dans SENA n° 208 de Juin 2016 pages 21 à 28.
This type of bronze is very rare; This is the second one we offer for sale. However, it has been known since the 19th century and reproduced in LA TOUR. The LT drawing. 7976 shows two pointed ringlets superimposed above the horse. On our example, it is clearly a sign whose handle is depicted on the side of the horse! This monetary type was studied in SENA n° 208 of June 2016 pages 21 to 28
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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