bga_318846 - VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin) Bronze STRATOS
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Bronze STRATOS
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie très agréable bien que frappée sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier. Très bel aspect avec une patine vert foncé, un peu concrétionnée sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : STRATOS.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure en arrière avec une sorte de natte bordant le front ; légende devant le visage et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier à gauche ; un dauphin stylisé au-dessus et un annelet accompagné d’une esse entre les pattes ; une lettre A ou V sous la hure ; grènetis.
Commentary
Bien que connu depuis le XIXe siècle, avec un exemplaire dessiné dans le LA TOUR et un autre repris par Hucher (cf. n° 76 page 55 du volume 2) , ce bronze semble avoir été négligé dans le tome I du Nouvel Atlas. Le DT. S658A permet de confirmer la légende STRATOS, comme on peut la lire sur notre exemplaire.
Although known since the 19th century, with a example drawn in LA TOUR and another taken up by Hucher (see no. 76 page 55 of volume 2), this bronze seems to have been neglected in volume I of the New Atlas. DT. S658A allows us to confirm the legend STRATOS, as can be read on our example.
Although known since the 19th century, with a example drawn in LA TOUR and another taken up by Hucher (see no. 76 page 55 of volume 2), this bronze seems to have been neglected in volume I of the New Atlas. DT. S658A allows us to confirm the legend STRATOS, as can be read on our example.
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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