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E-auction 591-551744 - bga_940939 - TURONES (Area of Touraine) Potin “à la tête diabolique”
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| Estimate : | 85 € |
| Price : | 25 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 August 2024 14:08:40 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Potin “à la tête diabolique”
Date: c. 80-50 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,82 g.
Coments on the condition:
Joli potin épais et présentant de hauts reliefs au revers. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête stylisée à gauche, avec l'œil en creux.
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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