E-auction 106-56180 - bga_239242 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos) Drachme au loup
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 160 € |
| Maximum bid : | 167 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 April 2015 15:07:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Drachme au loup
Date: c. après 56 AC.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,15 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et légèrement concave au revers. Patine grise avec des concrétions de vert de gris en surface
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M. G. ; c’est le n° 693 de MONNAIES 29
Obverse
Obverse legend : REX ADIET[VANVS FE].
Obverse description : Vestiges d'une tête empruntée aux monnaies élusates en argent ; légende autour.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOTI[OTA].
Reverse description : Louve passant à gauche, levant l'antérieur droit.
Commentary
Cette monnaie pourrait être décrite comme un bronze argenté, comme le font certains auteurs... il semblerait plutôt qu'il s'agisse d'une monnaie de billon, plus fortement chargée en bronze. Une comparaison des surfaces avec certaines monnaies armoricaines de billon est très édifiante ; le billon peut prendre la patine du bronze qu'il contient et avoir des oxydations vert de gris.
Au revers, on devine une petite esse initiale avant l’S de SOTIOTA.
Au revers, on devine une petite esse initiale avant l’S de SOTIOTA.
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos)
(1st century BC)
The Sotiates or Sontiates inhabited the southwest of the current department of Lot-et-Garonne, as well as part of the Gers and the Landes, and were placed between the Elusates and the Nitiobroges. Their oppidum was Sos. If the people of the Sotiates is not itself mentioned in the Commentaries, Adietuanus, their leader, is (BG. III, 22). The latter was submitted by Publius Licinius Crassus, lieutenant of Caesar, the son of Crassus who was to die in 53 BC at the battle of Carrhae, moreover with his son. Adietanus would have surrendered to Caesar's lieutenant only after the capitulation of Sos, the capital of his people. Rallying to the Romans, the sotiate chief received the title of "Rex". Sources: Caesar (BG. III, 20, 21 and 22).
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