v26_0641 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze TASGET
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
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Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze TASGET
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bronze frappé sur un flan court et irrégulier, mais frappe centrée. Patine verte brillante, avec de légères piqûres, surtout au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [TASGET].
Obverse description : Tête chevelue à droite, la légende devant le visage ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Chien ou loup à gauche, la tête baissée et la queue entre les pattes, sur une ligne d’exergue et devant un rameau bouleté .
Commentary
La légende TASGET est à peine visible sur cet exemplaire.
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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