SUESSIONS Soissons region Pre-Augustan period 60 - 30 - Lot 121

SUESSIONS Soissons region Pre-Augustan period 60 - 30 Disarticulated laurelled bust on right, draped in pearls. In front, globules representing eyes. R/. Horse strapped to right, mane beaded. Above, small snake turning its horned head to the left, a kind of carnyx. Front, centered annulus and below, small cross and centered annulus. ♦ DT 329 (Ambiani/Bellovaques); Scheers Traité 183-2 Gold quarter statere "au serpent cornu". (1,38 g) Rare type. Very beautiful. A carnyx is a Celtic musical instrument, belonging to the wind family and the brass subfamily. A warlike Celtic musical horn, in use during the Iron Age (8th to 1st centuries B.C.), it was used during Celtic wars to galvanize troops and impress the enemy.