Live auction - bga_411451 - CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent) Potin au taureau chargeant à gauche
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 08 November 2016 15:24:55 |
Type : Potin au taureau chargeant à gauche
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe potin particulièrement fin, avec un droit exceptionnel et un revers un peu plus mou. Patine sombre et homogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du trésor de Boxley 1983
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête géométrique à droite, l’œil figuré par un gros annelet pointé central ; bourrelet périphérique avec deux croissants formant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Restes de taureau chargeant à gauche, le corps filiforme ; deux longs croissant au-dessus du dos.
Commentary
Le trésor de Boxley découvert initialement en 1983 contenait 18 potins. Cet exemplaire est particulièrement beau et bien venu au droit, ce qui en fait l’un des plus beaux exemplaire que nous ayons proposé.
Historical background
CANTII - CANTIENS (Area of Kent)
(1st century BC)
The first mentions of the Cantii would date from the end of the 2nd century BC. They gave their name to Kent. In close relation with the continent, the coinage would begin in the first years of the 1st century BC. Caesar considered them to be the most evolved of the peoples of the island of Britain (BG. V, 13 and 14). During his campaign in Britain Caesar had fought Casivellaunus who had sent messengers to the four kings then reigning in Kent (BG, V, 22). Dubnovellaunos, quoted with Tincommius was a client king of Rome, in the time of Augustus, quoted in the Res Gestæ (RG. XXXII).
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