v25_0573 - GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse) Drachme “à la tête négroïde”
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 151.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 151.00 €
Type : Drachme “à la tête négroïde”
Date: IIe-Ier siècle av. J.-C
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,3 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,91 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie de frappe faible, sur un flan large ; complète au droit et au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est celui qui illustre le SAVÈS, Les monnaies gauloises à la croix, n° 85
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, de type négroïde, la chevelure représentée par trois rangs d’esses.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix bouletée au centre, formée de quatre cantons ornés chacun d'une lunule : annelet au 1er canton, un globule aux 2e, 3e et 4e cantons.
Commentary
Bien que d’un aspect assez flou, G. Savès a choisit de faire figurer cette monnaie dans son ouvrage, pour illustrer la rare variété 10 qui se distingue par sa coiffure à trois rangs d’esses.
Although it has a rather vague appearance, G. Savès chose to include this coin in his work, to illustrate the rare variety 10 which is distinguished by its hairstyle with three rows of esses
Although it has a rather vague appearance, G. Savès chose to include this coin in his work, to illustrate the rare variety 10 which is distinguished by its hairstyle with three rows of esses
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Tolosates, component of the Volques Tectosages, occupied the region of Tolosa (Old Toulouse). They would have been submitted after 105 BC by Quintus Servilius Cæpio. This episode would be at the origin of the myth of the gold of Toulouse "aurum Tolosanum". Tolosa, their capital was included in the province of Narbonnaise, bordering independent Gaul before the Gallic war. During the Gallic Wars, the Tolosates seem to have remained faithful to the Roman alliance. Sources: Caesar (BG. I, 10; III, 20; VII, 7); Strabo (G. IV, 14).
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