Veneti, Namnetes, Statère à la croix
2nd-1st century BC - Electrum - VF(30-35)
Profile to the right, with Apollonian traits, with four beaded cords around it, two emerging from the forehead and two from the nape of the neck, linked to small human heads. Before the forehead, a cross with a branch touching the forehead and cutting a beaded cord. Under the chin, slightly prognathic, a yoke-shaped bracket.
Androcephalic horse to right, surmounted by an charioteer holding the reins in his right hand, brandishing his left hand, fingers distinct and thumb apart. Below, a hippophoric figure, head to the right, with outstretched arms touching the horse's legs.
Despite the circulation of this stater, we can clearly distinguish the main designs of the ‘’Hippophorus and cross‘’ type, usually attributed to the Nanmetes tribe (Nantes region) but also with founds in the Venetes territory (Vannes region).
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