E-auction 242-165433 - bga_282762 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Lot de 3 potins “à la tête diabolique”
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 30 € |
| Maximum bid : | 32 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 December 2017 14:12:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Lot de 3 potins “à la tête diabolique”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Coments on the condition:
Potins relativement homogènes, encore bien identifiables pour ce type souvent fruste. Patine sombres, plus ou moins oxydées
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection J.-C. D.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, avec l'œil en creux, le nez pointu, lèvres représentées par deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau cornupète chargeant à gauche.
Commentary
Ces potins, presque globulaires, appartiennent à la classe II à laquelle presque tous les potins de ce type sont assimilés.
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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