Live auction - bga_697885 - GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse) Drachme “à la tête négroïde”, S. 97 var.
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 320 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 16:28:19 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme “à la tête négroïde”, S. 97 var.
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée au droit, où la tête est bien visible dans sa totalité. Joli revers détaillé. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, de type négroïde, un sourcil important et allongé, la chevelure représentée par deux rangs d'esses entrelacées.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix bouletée au centre, formée de quatre cantons (le premier et le quatrième) ornés d'une lunule : annelet au 1er canton, une esse à l'envers au 2e, trois points liés à la suite au 3e et un annelet au 4e canton.
Commentary
La tête au droit de cet exemplaire est assez singulière, dans le traitement du visage et de la chevelure. Ce type de représentation sur les drachmes dites “à la tête négroïde” semble inédit !.
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Tolosates, component of the Volques Tectosages, occupied the region of Tolosa (Old Toulouse). They would have been submitted after 105 BC by Quintus Servilius Cæpio. This episode would be at the origin of the myth of the gold of Toulouse "aurum Tolosanum". Tolosa, their capital was included in the province of Narbonnaise, bordering independent Gaul before the Gallic war. During the Gallic Wars, the Tolosates seem to have remained faithful to the Roman alliance. Sources: Caesar (BG. I, 10; III, 20; VII, 7); Strabo (G. IV, 14).
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