bga_279587 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête laurée
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Potin à la grosse tête laurée
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,01 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très beau potin, sur un flan large et régulier malgré les cassures des penons de coulée. Patine sombre et homogène, très légèrement piquée par endroits
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche avec un casque lauré.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche, la queue enroulée et pointée.
Commentary
Ce potin appartient à la série au bandeau orné, mais avec une sorte de couronne de lauriers plutôt que des gros globules.
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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