bga_210393 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS au taureau
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Bronze TVRONOS TRICCOS au taureau
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bronze sur un flan large mais un peu ovale avec les penons de coulée. Frappe centrée au droit comme au revers. Droit complet mais revers avec la tête du taureau hors flan. Patine gris vert, brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : [T]VRONOS.
Obverse description : Tête de Vénus, diadémée à droite, légende devant le visage ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRICCOS.
Reverse description : Taureau à droite, une amphore debout devant lui ; légende sous la ligne d’exergue.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est très rare. Cet exemplaire est homogène, avec presque toutes les légendes lisibles.
This type of bronze is very rare. This example is homogeneous, with almost all the legends legible.
This type of bronze is very rare. This example is homogeneous, with almost all the legends legible.
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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