CALETTES Pays de Caux region 2nd century B.C. - Lot 61

CALETTES Pays de Caux region 2nd century B.C. Apollonian head on right, eight-rayed rouelle on cheek. R/. Horse galloped right by a charioteer holding a pike with a head. Below, double-circle rouelle and mound. In exergue, decorative motif simulating a legend. ♦ cf. L.P. Delestrée and F. Pilon " Un comptoir de la Tène moyenne en Haute Normandie " série 15 classe I fig 3 à 10 ; L.P. Delestrée Revue Numismatique 2001 (157e vol.) p.195 fig 21 pl.X Reddish gold hemistaterium "à la roue". (3.12 g) Treasure of Bordeaux-Saint-Clair (Seine Maritime). Extremely rare type. Superb. Treasure of Bordeaux Saint Clair. A maritime trading post on the tin route, less than 4 km from Étretat (Seine-Maritime), the commune of Bordeaux-Saint-Clair has long been known to archaeologists. In 1843, Abbé Cochet carried out a brief excavation on the outskirts of a Roman road linking Lillebonne to Étretat, identifying and partially uncovering a Gallo-Roman villa. Cf "Un comptoir maritime gaulois en Haute Normandie: Bordeaux-Saint- Clair" Étretat, -76 ; Recherches et Travaux de la Société d'Études Numismatiques et Archéologiques. Bulletin n° 4, La Numismatique de Normandie by Louis-Pol Delestrée.