bga_918134 - GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse) Potin dit au “T”
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Type : Potin dit au “T”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Agréable potin à l’usure régulière. Patine gris 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
Poids très léger (petit module ?). Ce type est directement copié, imité ou dérivé des potins au long cou de la Vallée du Rhône.
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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