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E-auction 189-120875 - bga_247841 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique”

TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique” VF/XF
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Estimate : 60 €
Price : 17 €
Maximum bid : 19 €
End of the sale : 28 November 2016 14:01:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Potin “à la tête diabolique”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Coments on the condition:
Potin sur un flan large et irrégulier. Patine grise et granuleuse
Catalogue references :

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


Même si les études réalisées sur les potins des Turons laissent à désirer, les auteurs du Nouvel Atlas n'ont repris que deux exemplaires ; celui de la classe I, typique avec sa petite tête chevelue et la croisette au revers, et celui de la classe II auquel tous les autres potins turons 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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