E-auction 97-50598 - bga_239450 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ij/h
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| Estimate : | 35 € |
| Price : | 23 € |
| Maximum bid : | 23 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 February 2015 15:07:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ij/h
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Potin bien identifiable, mais avec une très épaisse patine sombre et granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M. G
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 en forme de lis partant du centre de la ligne d’exergue.
Commentary
Les penons de coulée sont particulièrement nets sur cet exemplaire.
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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