bga_616677 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”
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Price : 90.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 90.00 €
Type : Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Droit particulièrement dégénéré. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, les cheveux en mèches parallèles.
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.
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