bga_606774 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze aux lutteurs, anépigraphe
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 600.00 €
Type : Bronze aux lutteurs, anépigraphe
Date: c. 70-50 BC
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire complet et offrant une magnifique patine verte !
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, chevelure abondante avec une esse derrière la nuque ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Deux lutteurs face à face, tenant chacun une arme et celui de gauche brandissant un torque ; grènetis.
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, semble localisée au sud de la Touraine...
Cet exemplaire offre clairement un revers anépigraphe.
The representation of a full-length figure is quite exceptional on Gallic bronzes, apart from the abundant series with the running figure of the Bellovaci! The attribution to the Turons is perhaps not satisfactory, but the distribution area of these bronzes, like so many others attributed to the Carnutes, seems to be located in the south of Touraine... This example clearly has an anepigraphic reverse
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, semble localisée au sud de la Touraine...
Cet exemplaire offre clairement un revers anépigraphe.
The representation of a full-length figure is quite exceptional on Gallic bronzes, apart from the abundant series with the running figure of the Bellovaci! The attribution to the Turons is perhaps not satisfactory, but the distribution area of these bronzes, like so many others attributed to the Carnutes, seems to be located in the south of Touraine... This example clearly has an anepigraphic reverse
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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