v61_0381 - VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin) Bronze SVTICOS, classe I au taureau
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 360.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 360.00 €
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 360.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 360.00 €
Type : Bronze SVTICOS, classe I au taureau
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très belle monnaie, d’une frappe vigoureuse et centrée des deux côtés, avec une très patine sombre. D'infimes petites irrégularités de surface peuvent être signalées
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M. M.
Obverse
Obverse legend : SVTICOS.
Obverse description : Tête d'Apollon laurée à droite, légende devant le visage et fleur devant le cou, grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau passant à droite, la tête de face ; au-dessus, une esse ; au-dessous, un sanglier enseigne à droite ; devant, un rinceau.
Commentary
Ce rare bronze est l’un des plus beaux que nous ayons eu pour ce type, comparable au n° 930 de MONNAIES 32 (vendu 320€ sur un ordre de 725€) ou au bga_271237. Il semblerait que tous les bronzes de ce type exact (sans l'astre au revers) sortent d'un seul coin de droit, ce qui laisse présager de sa rareté....
This rare bronze is one of the most beautiful we have had for this type, comparable to n° 930 of MONNAIES 32 (sold for €320 on an order of €725) or to bga_271237. It would seem that all bronzes of this exact type (without the star on the reverse) come from a single obverse die, which suggests its rarity...
This rare bronze is one of the most beautiful we have had for this type, comparable to n° 930 of MONNAIES 32 (sold for €320 on an order of €725) or to bga_271237. It would seem that all bronzes of this exact type (without the star on the reverse) come from a single obverse die, which suggests its rarity...
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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