bga_739151 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin au quadrupède
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Type : Potin au quadrupède
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée, un joli revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, imberbe avec les cheveux regroupés dans une sorte de filet ; la base du cou représentée par un triangle évidé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Quadrupède passant à gauche, la queue en forme d’esse pointée.
Commentary
Les auteurs du RIG n'ont retenu qu'un seul numéro pour cette légende TVRONOS / CANTORIX qui se retrouve à l'identique sur le potin (variété 2) et sur le bronze frappé (variété 1).
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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