E-auction 704-771260 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Bronze MATVGIINOS
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Type : Bronze MATVGIINOS
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 2,71 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure très importante. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MATVGIINOS.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche, tête casquée avec un cimier, torque au cou. Légende devant le visage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MATVGIINOS.
Reverse description : Cheval au galop à gauche, un oiseau posé sur le dos. Annelet inscrit dans un cercle perlé sous le cheval avec un poisson au-dessous. Légende au-dessus de l'oiseau.
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Leuques are mentioned only once in the Gallic Wars. Their neighbors were the Médiomatriques, the Lingons and the Séquanes. The Leuques as well as the Séquanes and the Lingones provided Caesar with wheat when the Roman army stopped at Vesontio (Besançon) to refuel before facing the Germans of Ariovistus (58 BC). Caesar (BG. I, 40).
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