E-auction 46-18939 - bga_198636 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ie1
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 7 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 March 2014 15:10:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Potin à la tête d’indien, classe Ie1
Date: c. 75-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Potin très irrégulier, avec un droit assez mou mais un beau revers. Patine sombre et brillante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête ceinte d’un bandeau à gauche, la chevelure indiquée par trois mèches, le cou par trois petits traits.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche, la queue recourbée ; hampe surmontée d'un gros annelet central accosté de deux petits annelets placés au bout des pattes du sanglier.
Commentary
Au revers les deux annelets périphériques semble solidaires du bout des pattes du sanglier.
On the reverse, the two peripheral rings seem to be attached to the tips of the boar's legs.
On the reverse, the two peripheral rings seem to be attached to the tips of the boar's legs.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Leuques are mentioned only once in the Gallic Wars. Their neighbors were the Médiomatriques, the Lingons and the Séquanes. The Leuques as well as the Séquanes and the Lingones provided Caesar with wheat when the Roman army stopped at Vesontio (Besançon) to refuel before facing the Germans of Ariovistus (58 BC). Caesar (BG. I, 40).
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