bga_1091562 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole à la croix
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Price : 320.00 €
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Price : 320.00 €
Type : Obole à la croix
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Weight : 0,52 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Belle obole dans un état rare pour le type. Patine grise
Predigree :
Provient de la collection du Colonel Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête fortement stylisée à droite, la chevelure formée de petites mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée de lettres bouletées dans chaque canton.
Commentary
Ce type serait directement copié sur les drachmes des Volques Tectosages du Sud-Ouest.
This type would be directly copied from the drachmas of the Volques Tectosages of the South-West
This type would be directly copied from the drachmas of the Volques Tectosages of the South-West
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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