Sequani, Helvetii, Statère de Crainvilliers
2nd-1st century BC - Electrum
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Profile to right of Apollonian origin, not laureate, very stylised, with prominent chin, triangular nose, hair in two lines of five oval locks and four crescent-shaped locks. Before the forehead, a crescent and a volute. All around the flan, surrounding the profile, a decoration of C/crescents joined together, open to the outside.
Biga to the left, with only one horse visible, the chariot wheel slightly visible, as is the highly stylised charioteer above. Before the horse, a long-legged bird. Below the horse, a large crescent decorated with small vertical lines inside. Below the crescent, a pellet-shaped sign.
Stater from the type of Crainvilliers ‘with the crescent’, attributed to the tribes of eastern France. It is part of a large group of coins characterised by a wide flan, in alloyed gold, and therefore struck by these eastern populations. Given the current state of knowledge and the wide area of circulation between Aube, Doubs, Jura and Haute-Marne in France, Baden-Württemberg and north-west Switzerland, it is not possible to attribute it to a specific tribe. This wide geographical area thus includes the area of influence of the Sequans and Helvetii. Nevertheless, the Crainvilliers ‘crescent’ group appears to be mainly found between the upper reaches of the Seine and the Rhine, i.e. to the north of the area of influence of the Sequanes and Helvetii.
7.17 gr
