bga_782944 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Denier TOGIRIX
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Type : Denier TOGIRIX
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,58 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée, les légendes sont bien lisibles. Patine hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TOCIRIX.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, légende devant le visage et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TOCTRI.
Reverse description : Cheval bridé et sanglé galopant à gauche, un serpent entre les jambes ; au-dessus la légende ; grènetis.
Commentary
Semble y avoir une faute de légende au revers où le premier “I” ressemble plutôt à un “T” !.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Séquanes were one of the most important peoples of eastern Gaul. They were the enemies of the Aedui, their neighbors. Their territory was very vast and extended between the Saône, the Rhône, the Jura and the Vosges. The Jura lakes separated them from the Helvetians. They had been very powerful in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, but had lost their luster after the Germans had occupied part of their territory around 70 BC. Their neighbors were the Leuques, the Lingones, Aedui and Helvetians. Their principal oppidum was Vesontio (Besançon). Mentioned several times by Caesar, during the campaign of 52 BC, they provided a contingent of 12,000 men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I, 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 19, 31-33, 35, 38, 40, 44, 48, 54; IV, 10; VI, 12; VII, 66, 67, 75, 90). Kruta: 16, 71, 111, 364.
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