Armorica / Veneti. Billon stater, Series 353A, Class II, featuring a reclining figure without a name (late first half of the 1st century B.C. and the Gallic Wars).

DT.2288 - Rennes 433–447; Billon – 6.33 g – 23 mm – 6 h
MP specimen No. 64 in the book “Surréelles Monnaies Gauloises,” by Samuel Gouet and Marc Petit—acquired from P. Crinon in 2006.
Very large blank with a centered obverse but a soft strike. The reverse is slightly off-center at the top but has a vigorous strike, with the imprint of the die edge clearly visible. Very Fine to Very Good / Very Good.
Coins of this type are believed to be among the oldest from the Veneti’s billon coinage. The Pipriac hoard (1908) contained several coins of this type, some of which are now in the Rennes Museum. It is also interesting to note that the vessel from this hoard contained, at the same time, some Picton electrum staters and Armorican billons. More recently, the Piolaine hoard, which contained so many Venetic billons, had very few staters featuring the small reclining figure; of all the coins from this hoard held at the MAN, only two (nos. 6864 and 6865) belong to this class, one of which is in poor condition. On our stater, the figure is particularly complete and well-detailed beneath the horse