Live auction - bga_398525 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze ANADGOVONA / CIILIICORIX au cavalier
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 02 May 2017 15:12:06 |
Type : Bronze ANADGOVONA / CIILIICORIX au cavalier
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2?43 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très rare bronze sur un flan irrégulier avec un revers centré et complet mais un droit assez décentré. Patine sombre et brillante
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection R. et D. Chevallier
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANADGOVONA.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à droite, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CIILIICORIX.
Reverse description : Cavalier à droite, tenant les rênes de la main gauche et brandissant une lance du bras droit levé.
Commentary
L’attribution à la Loire Moyenne semble acceptée, mais les rares provenances ne confirment pas nécessairement... L’exemplaire du Nouvel Atlas provient des environs de Compiègne (Oise).
Les auteur du Nouvel Atlas signalent que la lecture de la syllabe finale NI ne peut être tenue pour certaine ; notre exemplaire présente assez nettement NA.
Les auteur du Nouvel Atlas signalent que la lecture de la syllabe finale NI ne peut être tenue pour certaine ; notre exemplaire présente assez nettement NA.
Historical background
TURONES (Area of Touraine)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The people of the Turons, settled on the Loire, left their name to Tours and Touraine. They are quoted several times in Caesar's Commentaries. They seem to have grown in importance after the disappearance of the Arverne empire in 121 BC. Like the Pictons, the Turons provided eight thousand men for the relief army which was to release Alesia. Their main oppidum seems to have been placed near the site of Amboise. Caesar (BG. II, 35; VII, 4, 75; VIII, 46).
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