bga_148354 - GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - TARUSATES (Area of Tartas) Drachme dite “à la paire de fesses”
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 190.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 190.00 €
Type : Drachme dite “à la paire de fesses”
Date: IIe siècle av. J.-C
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,6 mm
Weight : 2,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie très archaïque, sans motif au droit, ni au revers. Epaisse patine grise
Catalogue references :
LT.3582 et 3584 - BN.3575-3586 - ABT.157 - S.510* - Sch/L.77 - Sch/D.60 - Sch/SM.130-133 - MGC.p. 91-92
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Protubérance sur le flan.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Protubérance informe.
Commentary
Bien qu'à priori toutes identiques, un classement typologique est en cours sur ces drachmes tarusates qui pourraient bien nous réserver des surprises !.
Although they are all apparently identical, a typological classification is underway on these Tarusate drachmas which could well have some surprises in store for us!
Although they are all apparently identical, a typological classification is underway on these Tarusate drachmas which could well have some surprises in store for us!
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH WESTERN GAUL - TARUSATES (Area of Tartas)
(2nd century BC)
The Tarusates like the Sotiates or the Elusates were submitted by Publius Licinius Crassus, lieutenant of Caesar, son of Crassus in 56 BC. This small Aquitaine people had its territory circumscribed around Tartas in the current department of Landes between Dax and Mont-de-Marsan. Sources: Caesar (BG. III, 23 and 27).
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