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Type : Bronze EXOBNOS
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très joli bronze frappé sur flan centré. Quelques faiblesses. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : EXOBNOS.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à droite, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cavalier à droite, tenant les rênes de la main gauche et brandissant une lance du bras droit levé.
Commentary
Poids lourd. La légende EXOBNO, entièrement lisible sur cette monnaie est restée longtemps indéterminée, la légende OBNOS étant la seule connue avant la publication de l'article "Exobnos, le gaulois sans peur" par B. Fischer. Les auteurs du Nouvel Atlas proposent une attribution large à la "Loire moyenne".
Heavyweight. The legend EXOBNO, fully legible on this coin, remained undetermined for a long time, the legend OBNOS being the only one known before the publication of the article \\\"Exobnos, the fearless Gaul\\\" by B. Fischer. The authors of the New Atlas propose a broad attribution to the \\\"middle Loire\\\"
Heavyweight. The legend EXOBNO, fully legible on this coin, remained undetermined for a long time, the legend OBNOS being the only one known before the publication of the article \\\"Exobnos, the fearless Gaul\\\" by B. Fischer. The authors of the New Atlas propose a broad attribution to the \\\"middle Loire\\\"
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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