SEQUANI Besançon region 3rd century B.C. - Lot 116

SEQUANI Besançon region 3rd century B.C. Head to right with horns of Zeus Amon of Lysimachus. R/. Bige of horses, of which only one is visible, led on the right by an charioteer. Below, monogram AP. ♦ DT cf.3030; LT - ; Castelain Zurich 710; Sills (2003) 95 Quarter statere of gold "with monogram" imitated from the coins of Lysimachus king of Thrace. (1.96 g) Very rare coinage. Very fine/T.B. Sequani. The Sequani were a Gallic people settled in what is now the Franche-Comté region of eastern Gaul, on the western slopes of the Jura massif, with the oppidum of Vesontio (Besançon) as their capital. They were closely related to the Helvetians. Togirix, also known as Quintus Iulius Togirix, was a member of the Sekan people, who is said to have received Roman citizenship from Julius Caesar during the Gallic War of 58-50 BC.