v28_0707 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) PC 07.07 - Potin au quadrupède, “type de Mâlain”
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
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Starting price : 140.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : PC 07.07 - Potin au quadrupède, “type de Mâlain”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19,8 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Potin homogène, avec un défaut de coulée sur l'avant du cheval. Patine vert foncé avec de légers défauts de métal, surtout sur le bourrelet périphérique au droit
Predigree :
Ce potin illustre l’ouvrage “POTINS CELTES”
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête fortement stylisée à gauche, casquée ou avec une unique grosse mèche de cheveux.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à droite.
Commentary
Lors de son apparition dans MONNAIES XV, n° 906, ce potin était encore très mal connu ; bien que figurant dans le Gaümann et dans le Patat, il est toujours aussi peu documenté. H. Patat propose une attribution aux Eduens.
When it appeared in MONNAIES XV, No. 906, this potin was still very little known; although it appears in the Gaümann and in the Patat, it is still very little documented. H. Patat proposes an attribution to the Aedui
When it appeared in MONNAIES XV, No. 906, this potin was still very little known; although it appears in the Gaümann and in the Patat, it is still very little documented. H. Patat proposes an attribution to the Aedui
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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