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v15_1379 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”

VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich” VF
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 99.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 99.00 €
Type : Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et irrégulier. Métal légèrement piqué et corrodé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête fortement stylisée à droite, la chevelure formée de grosses mèches avec l’arcade sourcilière marquée par un trait et l’œil par un globule.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de deux globules en 1 et en 3 d’une hache bouletée. Les deux autres cantons ne sont pas visibles.

Commentary


Poids léger. Ce type est directement copié sur les drachmes des Volques Tectosages du Sud-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.

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