Live auction - bga_830570 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze aux lutteurs, KARIQA au revers
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 17:08:23 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Bronze aux lutteurs, KARIQA au revers
Date: c. 70-50 BC
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau bronze sur un flan épais et centré. Tête agréable au droit. Superbe revers très bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, chevelure abondante avec une esse derrière la nuque ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux lutteurs face à face, tenant chacun une arme et celui de gauche brandissant un torque ; grènetis.
Reverse legend : KARIQA.
Historical background
TURONES (Area of Touraine)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The people of the Turons, settled on the Loire, left their name to Tours and Touraine. They are quoted several times in Caesar's Commentaries. They seem to have grown in importance after the disappearance of the Arverne empire in 121 BC. Like the Pictons, the Turons provided eight thousand men for the relief army which was to release Alesia. Their main oppidum seems to have been placed near the site of Amboise. Caesar (BG. II, 35; VII, 4, 75; VIII, 46).
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