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bga_115075 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Bronze MATVGIINOS

GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Bronze MATVGIINOS VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 50.00 €
Type : Bronze MATVGIINOS
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un petit flan assez épais. Patine vert sombre
Catalogue references :
LT.9203  - DT.622

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

L'élément décoratif sous le cheval au revers est un globule inscrit dans un cercle perlé. Le type de tête au droit est assez poupin.

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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