Live auction - bga_989737 - GALLIA TURONES, Unspecified Bronze ARTOS
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 520 € |
| Maximum bid : | 580 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 March 2025 15:30:19 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Bronze ARTOS
Date: c. 70-50 BC
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,83 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau bronze sur flan épais et court, très légèrement décentré au droit. De jolis détails des deux côtés. Patine sombre
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à droite, les cheveux longs tombant dans la nuque ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARTOS.
Reverse description : Athlète nu courant à droite, tenant de la main droite une palme et de la gauche un caestus ; pentagramme à gauche.
Commentary
La représentation d’un personnage en pied est assez exceptionnelle sur des bronzes gaulois, mise à part l’abondante série au personnage courant des Bellovaques !
L'attribution aux Turons n’est peut-être pas satisfaisante, mais l’aire de répartition de ces bronzes, comme de tant d’autres attribués aux Carnutes, est localisée au sud de la Touraine....
The representation of a full-length character is quite exceptional on Gallic bronzes, apart from the abundant series with the running character of the Bellovaques! The attribution to the Turons is perhaps not satisfactory, but the distribution area of these bronzes, like so many others attributed to the Carnutes, is located in the south of Touraine...
L'attribution aux Turons n’est peut-être pas satisfaisante, mais l’aire de répartition de ces bronzes, comme de tant d’autres attribués aux Carnutes, est localisée au sud de la Touraine....
The representation of a full-length character is quite exceptional on Gallic bronzes, apart from the abundant series with the running character of the Bellovaques! The attribution to the Turons is perhaps not satisfactory, but the distribution area of these bronzes, like so many others attributed to the Carnutes, is located in the south of Touraine...
Historical background
GALLIA TURONES, Unspecified
(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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