v15_0254 - GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse) Potin dit au “T”
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 77.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 77.00 €
Type : Potin dit au “T”
Date: après 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec une patine verte superficielle. Flan irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Restes d’une tête dégénérée dont il ne subsiste que la base du cou et le bandeau vertical.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Motif au T donnant l'impression d'un tau grec ou reste d’un animal debout à droite, tournant la tête en arrière.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, on distingue parfaitement au revers les traits stylisés d’un animal qui tourne la tête à droite. Ce type est directement copié, imité ou dérivé des potins au long cou de la Vallée du Rhône (cf. MONNAIES XV, n° 221 à 230, plus particulièrement les numéros 223 et 230).
On this example, the stylized features of an animal turning its head to the right are clearly visible on the reverse. This type is directly copied, imitated or derived from the long-necked gossips of the Rhône Valley (see COINS XV, nos. 221 to 230, more particularly numbers 223 and 230)
On this example, the stylized features of an animal turning its head to the right are clearly visible on the reverse. This type is directly copied, imitated or derived from the long-necked gossips of the Rhône Valley (see COINS XV, nos. 221 to 230, more particularly numbers 223 and 230)
Historical background
GALLIA - SOUTH-WESTERN GAUL - TOLOSATES (Area of Vieille-Toulouse)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Tolosates, component of the Volques Tectosages, occupied the region of Tolosa (Old Toulouse). They would have been submitted after 105 BC by Quintus Servilius Cæpio. This episode would be at the origin of the myth of the gold of Toulouse "aurum Tolosanum". Tolosa, their capital was included in the province of Narbonnaise, bordering independent Gaul before the Gallic war. During the Gallic Wars, the Tolosates seem to have remained faithful to the Roman alliance. Sources: Caesar (BG. I, 10; III, 20; VII, 7); Strabo (G. IV, 14).
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