Live auction - bga_957206 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS à l’amphore
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| Estimate : | 220 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 15:34:36 |
Type : Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS à l’amphore
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court et centré, aux bords irréguliers. Des concrétions, mais un agréable portrait de Vénus au droit. Joli revers. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : [TVR]ONOS.
Obverse description : Tête de Vénus, diadémée à droite, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRIC[COS].
Reverse description : Cheval (ou taureau) à droite, une amphore debout devant lui ; légende sous la ligne d’exergue.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est très rare.
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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