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Live auction - bga_567375 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze EXOBNOS

TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze EXOBNOS AU
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Estimate : 900 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 15:45:32
Type : Bronze EXOBNOS
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire avec une épigraphie bien lisible au droit. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : EXOBNOS.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à droite, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cavalier à droite, tenant les rênes de la main gauche et brandissant une lance du bras droit levé.

Commentary


La légende EXOBNO, entièrement lisible sur cette monnaie est restée longtemps indéterminée, la légende OBNOS étant la seule connue avant la publication de l'article "Exobnos, le gaulois sans peur" par B. Fischer. Les auteurs du Nouvel Atlas proposent une attribution large à la "Loire moyenne".

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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