bga_295509 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”

VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II” AU

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Price : 160.00 €

Type : Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”

Date: c. 80-50 AC.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 9 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 0,41 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Belle petite monnaie bien homogène, avec un droit et un revers complets. Patine sombre et un peu poreuse

Catalogue references :

LT.- - DT.3703 var - KO.23 - Wien.470

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, les cheveux hérissés.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Petit cheval passant à gauche avec la crinière perlée.

Commentary

Ce type d’obole, attribué à l’Allemagne du Sud, figure de façon erronée dans le Nouvel Atlas tome III, sous la série de fractions en argent des peuples de l'ouest.

Historical background

VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany)

(2nd century BC - 1st century AD)

The Vindelicians were considered to be a people of Celtic origin. They possibly controlled the headwaters of the Rhine and the region of Lake Constance and the Inn valley. Their neighbors were the Helvetii and the Boii. Their main oppidum was Brigantion (Bregenz). They were submitted only by Tiberius during the campaign of 15 BC. Strabo (IV. 3, 6; VII, 1, 5); Pliny (HN. III, 133); Tacitus (An. II, 17); Ptolemy (G. II, 12). Kruta: 69.

VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II” VF/XF

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VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II” AU