v15_0536 - GALLIA TURONES, Unspecified Potin “à l’animal cornu”
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Type : Potin “à l’animal cornu”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec droit et revers légèrement décalés. Légères concrétions à 3 et 5 heures au revers
Catalogue references :
LT.manque - BN.manque - ABT.- - PK.127 var. inédite - Sch/L.- - Sch/SM.- - Sch/D.- - Z.- - BMCC.manque
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée et casquée (?) à gauche. Trois globules à la base du cou. Bourrelet circulaire délimitant la monnaie .
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Quadrupède cornu (?) à droite.
Commentary
L’exemplaire PK 127 était inédit selon l’auteur. Ce second exemplaire semble être exactement du même type, si ce n’est la variante sous le cheval.
The PK 127 example was unpublished according to the author. This second example seems to be exactly the same type, except for the variation under the horse.
The PK 127 example was unpublished according to the author. This second example seems to be exactly the same type, except for the variation under the horse.
Historical background
GALLIA TURONES, Unspecified
(1st century BC)
The people of the Turons, settled on the Loire, left their name to Tours and Touraine. They are quoted several times in Caesar's Commentaries. They seem to have grown in importance after the disappearance of the Arverne empire in 121 BC. Like the Pictons, the Turons provided eight thousand men for the relief army which was to release Alesia. Their main oppidum seems to have been placed near the site of Amboise. Caesar (BG. II, 35; VII, 4, 75; VIII, 46).
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