v15_0748 - VENETI (Area of Vannes) Statère d'argent, classe IV
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 495.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 495.00 €
Type : Statère d'argent, classe IV
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vannes (56)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 6,26 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large, décentré au droit. Au revers, le sujet est complet
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du trésor d'Amanlis (Ille-et-Vilaine) et de la collection du Dr. Colbert de Beaulieu
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux allongés en grosses mèches se terminant par des S, entourée d’un cordon perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval androcéphale, bridé à gauche ; au-dessus, l'aurige tient une hampe ; devant le cheval, un rinceau ; sous le cheval, sanglier enseigne à gauche.
Commentary
Il est numéroté 71 au revers de la main du Dr. Colbert de Beaulieu. Au droit, on note un début de cassure de coin qui commence sur la tempe. On note un phénomène similaire au revers entre le cheval androcéphale et l'aurige. Mais les cassures de coins sont plus importantes que pour l'exemplaire précédent. Mêmes coins que l'exemplaire de MONNAIES XV, n° 747 et même coin de revers que l'exemplaire de MONNAIES XV, n° 749.
It is numbered 71 on the reverse by the hand of Dr. Colbert de Beaulieu. On the obverse, we note the beginning of a die break that begins on the temple. We note a similar phenomenon on the reverse between the androcephalic horse and the charioteer. But the die breaks are more significant than for the previous copy. Same dies as the copy of MONNAIES XV, n° 747 and same reverse die as the copy of MONNAIES XV, n° 749
It is numbered 71 on the reverse by the hand of Dr. Colbert de Beaulieu. On the obverse, we note the beginning of a die break that begins on the temple. We note a similar phenomenon on the reverse between the androcephalic horse and the charioteer. But the die breaks are more significant than for the previous copy. Same dies as the copy of MONNAIES XV, n° 747 and same reverse die as the copy of MONNAIES XV, n° 749
Historical background
VENETI (Area of Vannes)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Vénètes were an Armorican people who resided in the current department of Morbihan and whose capital was Vannes. They were as good sailors as they were excellent traders and controlled both the pewter trade and its export between Brittany and Rome. They had a powerful fleet and many coastal ports. The Vénètes took the head of the Armorican coalition which opposed Caesar in 57 BC They were submitted by Crassus. The following year, in 56 BC, the Venetian fleet met that of Caesar, in the Loire estuary or in the Gulf of Morbihan and was totally destroyed. They sent a relief contingent to help clear Vercingetorix besieged in Alesia during the second revolt. After the war, the Vénètes lost their political power, but kept an economic role, in particular in the commercial relations with Brittany. Caesar (BG. II, 34; III, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17; VII, 75). Livy (Ep. 104). Strabo (G. IV, 4, 1). Pliny (HN. IV, 107); Ptolemy (G. II, 8).
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