bga_175172 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête laurée
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop
Price : 140.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop
Price : 140.00 €
Type : Potin à la grosse tête laurée
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,85 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Droit un peu plat, mais finement détaillé. Revers particulièrement net, mais avec un défaut de coulée sur la partie droite. Patine gris foncé et brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche avec un casque lauré ; trace de légende derrière la tête sous la forme d’un motif décoratif.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche, la queue enroulée et pointée.
Commentary
Le droit de cet exemplaire est nettement ornée d’une couronne de lauriers, mais sans épigraphie sur l’arrière de la tête.
The obverse of this example is clearly decorated with a laurel wreath, but without epigraphy on the back of the head
The obverse of this example is clearly decorated with a laurel wreath, but without epigraphy on the back of the head
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Séquanes were one of the most important peoples of eastern Gaul. They were the enemies of the Aedui, their neighbors. Their territory was very vast and extended between the Saône, the Rhône, the Jura and the Vosges. The Jura lakes separated them from the Helvetians. They had been very powerful in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, but had lost their luster after the Germans had occupied part of their territory around 70 BC. Their neighbors were the Leuques, the Lingones, Aedui and Helvetians. Their principal oppidum was Vesontio (Besançon). Mentioned several times by Caesar, during the campaign of 52 BC, they provided a contingent of 12,000 men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I, 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 19, 31-33, 35, 38, 40, 44, 48, 54; IV, 10; VI, 12; VII, 66, 67, 75, 90). Kruta: 16, 71, 111, 364.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête laurée XF
140.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
