E-auction 31-10561 - bga_229832 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ig1
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 19 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2013 15:21:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ig1
Date: c. 75-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,05 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan lourd et large mais un peu irrégulier. Droit et revers assez peu détaillés, avec des zones molles. Patine gris vert et brillante
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire de la collection Jorg Müller, a été acheté chez “Monnaie du Louvre”, le 4 mai 1991
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête ceinte d’un bandeau à gauche, la chevelure indiquée par trois mèches, le cou par deux petits traits.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche, la queue recourbée ; hampe en forme de croix partant du centre bouleté de la ligne d’exergue.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire qui appartiendrait à la classe Ig1, le sanglier est encore assez naturel alors qu’il a la forme d’une arche pour la classe Ig2.
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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