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E-auction 253-176555 - bga_458440 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Id

GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Id AU
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Estimate : 180 €
Price : 53 €
Maximum bid : 53 €
End of the sale : 19 February 2018 14:05:00
bidders : 11 bidders
Type : Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Id
Date: c. 75-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire complet et homogène avec une patine sombre

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 qui se retrouvent au sommet du bandeau sur le jet de coulée.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche, la queue en une sorte d’annelet ; motif en forme de goutte renversée entre le sanglier et la ligne d'exergue pointée en son centre et à ses extrémités.

Commentary


Cette variante de revers semble plus rare, surtout en bel état.

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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