bga_616673 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole à la croix
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Obole à la croix
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Weight : 0,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Masse lisse.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix bouletée avec un globule dans chaque canton.
Commentary
Ce type d’obole, attribué à l’Allemagne du Sud, pourrait aisément être confondu avec certaines monnaies gauloises du sud de la France.
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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