E-auction 45-18349 - bga_181278 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d'indien “type du Tremblois”
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| Estimate : | 10 € |
| Price : | 8 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 February 2014 15:06:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Potin à la tête d'indien “type du Tremblois”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Potin parfaitement identifiable, avec des défauts de métal et une patine hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête ceinte d’un bandeau à gauche, la chevelure indiquée par trois mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche, la queue en une sorte d'annelet ; deux annelets collés entre les pattes resserrées du sanglier.
Commentary
Potin très stylisé, proche du potin dit “du Tremblois”.
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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