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bga_863878 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique”
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Type : Potin “à la tête diabolique”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Coments on the condition:
De hauts reliefs. Bon état de conservation. Patine gris sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, avec l'œil en creux, le nez pointu.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau cornupète chargeant à gauche.
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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