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bga_853268 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS au taureau

TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS au taureau VF/XF
250.00 €(Approx. 272.50$ | 207.50£)
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Type : Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS au taureau
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,76 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale aux bords irréguliers. Types presque complets. Usure plus prononcée au droit, revers agréable. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : TVRONOS.
Obverse description : Tête de Vénus, diadémée à droite, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : TRIC[COS].
Reverse description : Taureau à droite, une amphore debout devant lui ; légende sous la ligne d’exergue.

Commentary


Ce type de bronze est très rare.

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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