bga_301537 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique”, en plomb
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Price : 200.00 €
Type : Potin “à la tête diabolique”, en plomb
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : lead
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 4,68 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Potin complet avec un très beau revers mais un avers un peu plus mou. Patine grise avec des nuances terreuses, typique du plomb
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est le n° 535 de MONNAIES XV
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, avec l'œil en creux, le nez pointu, lèvres représentées par deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau cornupète chargeant à gauche.
Commentary
Bon nombre de séries de potins ont quelques exemplaires en plomb, au même type que les monnaies en potin. Ces spécimens en plomb restent très rares !.
Many potin series have a few lead specimens, similar to the potin coins. These lead specimens remain very rare!
Many potin series have a few lead specimens, similar to the potin coins. These lead specimens remain very 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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