v31_0845 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Potin à la grosse tête
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19,7 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et irrégulier pour ce potin complet au droit et au revers, avec une patine sombre et brillante. Une concrétion ou un défaut de coulée est à noter sur la partie inférieure du bandeau au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche, la queue relevée.
Commentary
Ce potin est très proche du n° 886 de MONNAIES XV et du n° 699 de la collection H. Patat. Le style du droit est particulièrement proche du potin éduen DT. 3201 "hybride ou type de transition" qui a le monstre marin ou l’hippocampe au revers .
This potin is very close to No. 886 of MONNAIES XV and No. 699 of the H. Patat collection. The obverse style is particularly close to the Aedui potin DT. 3201 \\\"hybrid or transitional type\\\" which has the sea monster or seahorse on the reverse
This potin is very close to No. 886 of MONNAIES XV and No. 699 of the H. Patat collection. The obverse style is particularly close to the Aedui potin DT. 3201 \\\"hybrid or transitional type\\\" which has the sea monster or seahorse on the reverse
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.
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