bga_286050 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Denier TOGIRIX, fourré de fer - magnétique
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Denier TOGIRIX, fourré de fer - magnétique
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,2 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Denier sur un flan fourré, avec les types de droit et de revers assez bien centrés. Belle patine grise, de collection ancienne, avec de petites zones rouille au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [TOC]IRIX.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [TOGIRI].
Reverse description : Cheval bridé et sanglé galopant à gauche ; au-dessus la légende.
Commentary
Hormis son style hors du commun, ce denier a une particularité exceptionnelle dans le monnayage gaulois ; fourré d’une âme en fer, il est magnétique. C’est la première monnaie que nous rencontrons avec cette particularité !.
Aside from its unusual style, this denarius has an exceptional feature in Gallic coinage: filled with an iron core, it is magnetic. This is the first coin we have encountered with this feature!
Aside from its unusual style, this denarius has an exceptional feature in Gallic coinage: filled with an iron core, it is magnetic. This is the first coin we have encountered with this feature!
Historical background
GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Séquanes were one of the most important peoples of eastern Gaul. They were the enemies of the Aedui, their neighbors. Their territory was very vast and extended between the Saône, the Rhône, the Jura and the Vosges. The Jura lakes separated them from the Helvetians. They had been very powerful in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, but had lost their luster after the Germans had occupied part of their territory around 70 BC. Their neighbors were the Leuques, the Lingones, Aedui and Helvetians. Their principal oppidum was Vesontio (Besançon). Mentioned several times by Caesar, during the campaign of 52 BC, they provided a contingent of 12,000 men for the relief army. Caesar (BG. I, 1-3, 6, 8-10, 12, 19, 31-33, 35, 38, 40, 44, 48, 54; IV, 10; VI, 12; VII, 66, 67, 75, 90). Kruta: 16, 71, 111, 364.
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