MORINI Thérouanne region (Pas de Calais) - Lot 84

MORINI Thérouanne region (Pas de Calais) Gallic War and pre-Augustan period 60 - 30 Within a starry circle, openwork vessel surmounted by two masts or two figures. R/. Uprooted tree flanked by two horizontal horizontal ears. Below, broken line (sickle), crescent and Y. ♦ DT 249; LT 8611 Gold quarter statere "à l'arbre et au bateau". (1,44 g) Very fine. Morini. The Morins occupied a territory that stretched from the mouth of the Aa - bordering the Menapiens to the north - to the Canche valley, bordering the Ambiens to the south. The boundary with the territory of the Atrébates followed the Canche, then the Clarence up to its confluence with the Lys. Their oppidum, which became their civitas (Roman administrative capital) after the conquest, was Thérouanne. A people of the sea, their capital was linked to the coast by numerous roads, enabling the transport of sea products, first and foremost salt, inland.