bga_189306 - VELIOCASSES (Area of Norman Vexin) Bronze SVTICOS, classe II au lion
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Type : Bronze SVTICOS, classe II au lion
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,07 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan un tout petit peu court, pour ce rare bronze. Patine verte et brillante, surtout au revers. Tranche avec de légers manques de métal
Obverse
Obverse legend : [SVTICOS].
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à gauche, un fleuron sous la tête, grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite, levant l'antérieur droit ; un fleuron derrière lui ; à l'exergue petit sanglier.
Commentary
Seuls les deux exemplaires de la BN sont mentionnés dans le Traité de S. Scheers pour cette classe II .
Au revers, le petit sanglier de l’exergue est particulièrement net sur cette monnaie.
Only the two examples of the BN are mentioned in the Treaty of S. Scheers for this class II. On the reverse, the small wild boar of the exergue is particularly clear on this coin
Au revers, le petit sanglier de l’exergue est particulièrement net sur cette monnaie.
Only the two examples of the BN are mentioned in the Treaty of S. Scheers for this class II. On the reverse, the small wild boar of the exergue is particularly clear on this coin
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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