E-auction 58-26278 - bga_198670 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique” et à la croisette
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 16 € |
| Maximum bid : | 16 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 May 2014 15:09:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Potin “à la tête diabolique” et à la croisette
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,8 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau petit potin, avec le droit et le revers complet. Flan irrégulier avec une patine verte et brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, avec des restes de chevelure dont les mèches sont en forme d’esses.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau cornupète chargeant à gauche, la patte avant bifide ; au-dessus, une croisette.
Commentary
La classe I est caractéristique avec sa croisette au-dessus du taureau, d’un module moyen de 14 mm.
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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