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bga_580398 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos) Drachme au cheval, “COVRANTILLOS”, fourrée

GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos) Drachme au cheval, “COVRANTILLOS”, fourrée VF
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme au cheval, “COVRANTILLOS”, fourrée
Date: IIe-Ier siècles av. J.-C.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan quadrangulaire et fourré. Le droit est couvert de coups de burin, mais le revers est bien net et parfaitement identifiable. Patine légèrement granuleuse, avec des concrétions (terreuses ?) dans les creux
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Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête bouclée à droite, l'arcade sourcilière bien marquée ; chevelure bouclée assez basse ; bouche faite de deux traits ; grènetis et semis de perles.

Reverse


Reverse legend : [COVRA/ ANTILLOS].
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite, crinière bouletée, queue à dents de scie, jambes aux articulations bouletées.

Commentary


Ce rare type de monnaie épigraphe est très recherché. Seuls 17 exemplaires ont été répertoriés par R. Boudet ; deux en collections privées, deux à la BN, un au musée de Toulouse, trois dans le trésor du Causé et six provenant de Vieille-Toulouse. Les trois restantes étant passés en ventes.

Historical background


GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos)

(1st century BC)

The Sotiates or Sontiates inhabited the southwest of the current department of Lot-et-Garonne, as well as part of the Gers and the Landes, and were placed between the Elusates and the Nitiobroges. Their oppidum was Sos. If the people of the Sotiates is not itself mentioned in the Commentaries, Adietuanus, their leader, is (BG. III, 22). The latter was submitted by Publius Licinius Crassus, lieutenant of Caesar, the son of Crassus who was to die in 53 BC at the battle of Carrhae, moreover with his son. Adietanus would have surrendered to Caesar's lieutenant only after the capitulation of Sos, the capital of his people. Rallying to the Romans, the sotiate chief received the title of "Rex". Sources: Caesar (BG. III, 20, 21 and 22).

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