E-auction 641-645221 - GALLIA BELGICA - LEUCI (Area of Toul) Potin à la tête d'indien, classe Ik4
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Type : Potin à la tête d'indien, classe Ik4
Date: c. 75-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Potin épais et centré. Usure plus prononcée au droit qu’au revers. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête ceinte d’un bandeau à gauche, la chevelure indiquée par trois mèches, le cou par trois petits traits.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à gauche, la queue recourbée ; hampe en forme de V aux extremités bouletées et un globule plus gros au centre, un globule sur la tête du sanglier.
Commentary
Le symbole du revers est formé d'un V aux extrémités bouletées avec un globule plus gros au centre. Le sanglier est orné d'un globule sur la tête, sur le dos au-dessus de la queue et sur le haut de la patte arrière.
The reverse symbol is formed of a V with pelleted ends with a larger globule in the center. The wild boar is decorated with a globule on the head, on the back above the tail and on the top of the hind leg
The reverse symbol is formed of a V with pelleted ends with a larger globule in the center. The wild boar is decorated with a globule on the head, on the back above the tail and on the top of the hind leg
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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