E-auction 160-97401 - bga_132499 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze GIAMILOS / SIINV à l’oiseau
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 88 € |
| Maximum bid : | 120 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 May 2016 14:07:30 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Bronze GIAMILOS / SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,50 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique. Flan irrégulier, légèrement échancré. Jolie patine vert olive clair. Exemplaire de haut relief
Catalogue references :
LT.7565 - DT.2631 - ABT.321 - RIG.179 - Sch/L.735 - Sch/SM.375 - Sch/D.191 - Sch/GB.781 - BMCC.156-159, S146-S147
Obverse
Obverse legend : [GIAMILOS].
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses boucles, tirées en arrière.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SIINV.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et deux annelets centrés ; au-dessous, entre les pattes et la queue, un point.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire techniquement très intéressant avec un flan mal ébarbé et un défaut de coulée suivant la base du cou, nous apercevons la ligne de base du cou très évidée et qui semble soulignée par les deux globules d’un torque vu à l’envers comme sur l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMCC. S146, pl. 24). Sur cet exemplaire la légende du droit est hors champ.
Historical background
SENONES (Area of Sens)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Sénons, whose name means the sages or the elders, controlled a vast territory which extended between the south of Champagne and the north of Burgundy. Their main oppidum was Agedincum (Sens) which still retains the name of the ancient civitas today. They had several other oppida like Auxerre, Tonnerre or Avallon. Divona seems to have been the principal sanctuary of the Senones. Caesar had wintered six of his legions in 53 BC at Agedincum. Labienus, Caesar's lieutenant and legate, came to settle in the region of Sens between Gergovie and Alesia in order to control the roads and protect Caesar's armies from an attack from the Belgians or the Germans. Caesar (BG. II, 2; V, 54, 56; VI, 2, 3, 44; VII, 4, 10, 11, 34, 56-59, 62, 75). Ptolemy (G. II, 8, 9).
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