v31_0847 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Denier TOGIRIX
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Type : Denier TOGIRIX
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,2 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,85 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau denier, avec un joli portrait au droit, et un très beau cheval au revers. Patine grise, légèrement irisée et plus brillante au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [TO]CIRIX.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TOGI[RIX].
Reverse description : Cheval bridé et sanglé galopant à gauche ; au-dessus la légende.
Commentary
Monnaie idéalement bien centrée sur un flan large pour ce monnayage. La légende TOGIRIX est presque complète au droit. Au revers, seulement le début TOGI est lisible au-dessus d'un magnifique cheval particulièrement bien venu et mis en valeur par une opposition de patine.
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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