v38_1520 - GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse) Potin ou tessère, S. 466
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 205.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 205.00 €
Type : Potin ou tessère, S. 466
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : lead
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Weight : 3,24 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Objet monétiforme de qualité, coulé ou frappé (?) mais avec des reliefs bien nets. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette tessère provient d’une ancienne collection de la région de Narbonne
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Roue à neuf rayons.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre cantons ornés d’un globule.
Commentary
Si la croix du revers, cantonnée de globules, rappelle le monnayage dit à la croix, la roue à neuf rayons rappelle aussi certaines monnaies du sud-est publiées par C. Larozas (cf. bronze d’Orange et bronze à la roue de la Vallée du Rhône).
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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