a silver coin with an image of a horse on it
MDC Monnaies de Collection

Estimate €400
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Description
GAUL - CELTIC Remes / Belgium. CALEDV quinar or light denarius, var. 3 with the horse ND (60–45 BC). Obv. [C]ALEDV in front of the bust. Bust facing left, with a torque around the neck; hair plaited at the top, forming a long plait falling down the nape of the neck; a pointed ring behind. Reverse: Horse galloping to the left, with an element in front of the mouth (reins); an ‘esse’ above the back, and below it a pointed ring and a hollow ground line with rounded ends. DT.642 – LT.7177 – Scheers 307; Silver – 1.7 g – 14.5 mm – 3 h On an oblong flan, with all details clearly visible. The patina is dark grey. Almost Superb. Series 83 of the New Atlas brings together all these inscribed coins, both homotypic (bearing the inscriptions ATEVLA / VLATOS, SENODON, and CALEDV) and related (CVPINACIOS / VLATOS). Whilst the traditional attribution is to the Remi, the reality appears to be different; the finds are distributed across Belgium, from the coast to the Rhine, almost always associated with pre-Augustan military camps (with a camp or sanctuary nearby). The authors of the New Atlas favour “the hypothesis of a supplementary coinage intended for the auxiliary units of the Roman army, which circulated, thanks to military personnel in northern Gaul, during the second half of the 1st century BC”.
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