bga_706610 - VINDELICI (Germania, currently South Germany) Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Obole de billon, “type de Manching II”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 7,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 0,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, avec un joli Cheval au revers. 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.
This type of obol, attributed to South Germany, appears incorrectly in the New Atlas volume III, under the series of silver fractions of the peoples of the west
This type of obol, attributed to South Germany, appears incorrectly in the New Atlas volume III, under the series of silver fractions of the peoples of the 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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