Live auction - bga_854860 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête casquée
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
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| End of the sale : | 26 August 2025 15:52:09 |
Type : Potin à la grosse tête casquée
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,29 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan court avec une tête incomplète au droit. Joli revers. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche, avec un bandeau parallèle ; l'œil vide et un globule dans la bouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à gauche, la queue relevée.
Commentary
Pour le groupe A, il existe de nombreuses variétés. Ce potin correspond au DT. 3087 mais il rappelle aussi certains potins des Éduens “au cheval marin” série DT 890 dont l’exemplaire de la classe I est justement qualifié de type hybride ou de transition.
For group A, there are many varieties. This potin corresponds to the DT. 3087 but it also recalls certain potin of the Aedui “with the sea horse” series DT 890, the class I copy of which is rightly described as a hybrid or transition type
For group A, there are many varieties. This potin corresponds to the DT. 3087 but it also recalls certain potin of the Aedui “with the sea horse” series DT 890, the class I copy of which is rightly described as a hybrid or transition type
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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