VENETES Vannes region Late 1st half of 1st century BC and Ga - Lot 127

VENETES Vannes region Late 1st half of 1st century BC and Gallic War Head on the right, wavy hair with curly ends. Beaded cord. R/. Androcephalous horse led on the left by a charioteer holding a staff surmounted by a beaded ring. Below, a boar sign to the left. The number 35 written in white gouache by the hands of J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu. ♦ DT 2291 et seq.; LT 6667 Statère de billon "straight nose type". Class III. (6.12 g) Type du *Trésor d'Amanlis. A very fine example. *Amanlis Treasure. Unearthed in 1835, this treasure trove must have contained some 10,000 coins, including Venetian, Riedonian and Octopedian billon coins. Unfortunately, the treasure trove was dispersed; however, 310 coins are in the Musée de Bretagne, and a second batch of the same treasure trove was discovered in the 1940s. Part of it was rediscovered after the Second World War by Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Beaulieu, a CNRS researcher and numismatist. He officially purchased 400 coins, including 70 for a friend from Rennes who was also passionate about the study of coins.