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Turones
c. 128 - 51 BCE
Turones of Gaul lived around the river Loire near modren
day Tours (Touraine). Their settlement (oppidum) was close to the city
of Amboise. They were mentioned by César in his Biography. Turons
provided eight thousand men for the army to help Vercingetorix at
seige of Alésia.
Potin coin of Turones tribe. c 100 BCE
Obverse: Bust.
Reverse: A charging bull
Size: 14 millimeters. Weight: ~ 2.1 grams.
Reference: Mon. 216.
Reference: Julius César Biography. II, 35; VII, 4, 75; VIII, 46.
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