bga_213387 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête, stylisé
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Type : Potin à la grosse tête, stylisé
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,2 g.
Coments on the condition:
Potin complet, sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier. Belle patine grise et brillante, sur des reliefs un peu mous
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche, avec un bandeau parallèle ; l'œil vide et un globule dans la bouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche, la queue relevée.
Commentary
Potin d’un style assez particulier :le revers est très géométrique, avec une queue pointée, et le droit assez fruste, avec un gros nez et une lèvre supérieure disproportionnée.
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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