Live auction - bga_528490 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ie1
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 120 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2019 14:50:06 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ie1
Date: c. 75-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Remarquable revers parfaitement venu à la coulée. Jolie patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant d’une ancienne collection française de la fin du XIXe siècle. Avec ses étiquettes d’origine
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête ceinte d’un bandeau à gauche, la chevelure indiquée par trois mèches, le cou par trois petits traits.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche, la queue recourbée ; hampe surmontée d'un gros annelet central accosté de deux petits annelets placés au bout des pattes du sanglier.
Commentary
La classe Ie a la caractéristique d’avoir un bandeau torsadé et une mèche parallèle au bandeau en retombant sur la nuque. Au revers, les deux annelets périphériques ne sont pas joints à l'annelet central qui surmonte la hampe mais les pattes du sanglier reposent dessus.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Leuques are mentioned only once in the Gallic Wars. Their neighbors were the Médiomatriques, the Lingons and the Séquanes. The Leuques as well as the Séquanes and the Lingones provided Caesar with wheat when the Roman army stopped at Vesontio (Besançon) to refuel before facing the Germans of Ariovistus (58 BC). Caesar (BG. I, 40).
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