bga_158912 - GALLIA BELGICA - SEQUANI (Area of Besançon) Potin à la grosse tête
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Type : Potin à la grosse tête
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 20,00 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Potin lourd et avec un flan large. Droit et revers complet et bien venus à la coulée, avec leur bourrelet périphérique incomplet. Patine sombre et matte, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce potin illustre l’ouvrage “POTINS CELTES” : c’est l’exemplaire de MONNAIES 28, n° 700
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 et terminée par un globule.
Commentary
Pour ce type A2, il y a six variétés différentes. Au droit, la bouche est bouletée. Au revers, la queue est bouletée à son extrémité. A la différence du n° 897 de MONNAIES XV, l'exemplaire proposé ici n'a pas la lèvre supérieure bouletée. Si l'attribution traditionnelle est aux Séquanes, H. Patat propose aussi les Eduens.
For this A2 type, there are six different varieties. On the obverse, the mouth is rounded. On the reverse, the tail is rounded at its tip. Unlike number 897 of COINS XV, the example offered here does not have a rounded upper lip. While the traditional attribution is to the Sequani, H. Patat also suggests the Aedui
For this A2 type, there are six different varieties. On the obverse, the mouth is rounded. On the reverse, the tail is rounded at its tip. Unlike number 897 of COINS XV, the example offered here does not have a rounded upper lip. While the traditional attribution is to the Sequani, H. Patat also suggests 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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