E-auction 27-8490 - bga_273732 - SANTONES (Area of Saintes) Bronze CONTOVTOS (quadrans)
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 31 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 October 2013 15:24:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Bronze CONTOVTOS (quadrans)
Date: c. 40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier, avec un avers complet mais un peu mou et un beau revers incomplet mais de frappe vigoureuse. Patine verte avec une piqûre au droit derrière la tête
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONT[OVTOS], N ET T LIGATURÉES.
Obverse description : Tête masculine romanisée à droite les cheveux courts.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Louve bondissant à droite, la gueule ouverte ; sous les pattes, un bucrane ; derrière, un buisson.
Historical background
SANTONES (Area of Saintes)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Santons were a Celtic people who resided north of the Gironde estuary. They occupied the territory covering Saintonge, Angoumois and Aunis. The territory of the civitas is placed on the current departments of Charente, Charente-Maritime and the northern part of Gironde. Their original name is found in that of the province and its capital, Saintes. They are cited several times by Caesar in the Gallic Wars, in particular regarding the migration of the Helvetians in 58 BC. Indeed, the territory of the Santons could have been the goal of this transfer of population. In 52 BC, they provided a contingent of twelve thousand men for the relief army. Their neighbors were the Pictons, the Lémovices and the Bituriges Vivisques. Caesar (BG. I, 10 and 11; III, 11, VII, 75).
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