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bga_655560 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”

VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich” XF
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Price : 80.00 €
Type : Drachme à la croix, “type de Schönaich”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 1,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
LT.9288 var. - BN.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête fortement stylisée à droite, la chevelure formée de grosses mèches.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée d’un torque aux 1er et 4e cantons, une hache (?) au 3e et un globule au 2e.

Commentary

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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