bga_239103 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos) Drachme trilobée, S. 368
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Drachme trilobée, S. 368
Date: IIe siècle av. J.-C
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Weight : 3,62 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan un peu court, mais avec les types de droit et de revers complets. Fine patine grise
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M. G. ; il a été acquis auprès de la Maison PLATT
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Fleur formée d’un globule central entouré de trois lunules, avec deux globules sous chaque lunule.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix bouletée au centre, formée de quatre cantons, chacun ornés d’une lunule ; une hache à gauche au 3e canton.
Commentary
Bien que G. Savès ne les signale pas, il existe au moins deux variantes pour ce type de drachme ; selon qu'il y a ou non des globules au revers devant la hache. Sur cet exemplaire, le manche est bouleté et les globules ne sont qu’à peine visibles devant la hache, très en bord de flan.
Although G. Savès does not mention them, there are at least two variants for this type of drachma; depending on whether or not there are globules on the reverse in front of the axe. On this example, the handle is balled and the globules are only barely visible in front of the axe, very close to the edge of the flank.
Although G. Savès does not mention them, there are at least two variants for this type of drachma; depending on whether or not there are globules on the reverse in front of the axe. On this example, the handle is balled and the globules are only barely visible in front of the axe, very close to the edge of the flank.
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - SOTIATES (Area of Sos)
(1st century BC)
The Sotiates or Sontiates inhabited the southwest of the current department of Lot-et-Garonne, as well as part of the Gers and the Landes, and were placed between the Elusates and the Nitiobroges. Their oppidum was Sos. If the people of the Sotiates is not itself mentioned in the Commentaries, Adietuanus, their leader, is (BG. III, 22). The latter was submitted by Publius Licinius Crassus, lieutenant of Caesar, the son of Crassus who was to die in 53 BC at the battle of Carrhae, moreover with his son. Adietanus would have surrendered to Caesar's lieutenant only after the capitulation of Sos, the capital of his people. Rallying to the Romans, the sotiate chief received the title of "Rex". Sources: Caesar (BG. III, 20, 21 and 22).
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