Live auction - bga_719232 - GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse) Potin dit au “T”
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| Estimate : | 290 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 123 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 August 2024 16:10:54 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Potin dit au “T”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 2,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type rare, avec des types assez bien venus et une patine sombre
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Restes d’une tête dégénérée dont il ne subsiste que la base du cou et le bandeau vertical.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Motif au T donnant l'impression d'un tau grec ou reste d’un animal debout à droite, tournant la tête en arrière.
Commentary
Ce type est directement copié, imité ou dérivé des potins au long cou de la Vallée du Rhône. Cet exemplaire est plutôt bien venu pour ce type souvent fruste !.
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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