bga_842940 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la grosse tête “d’indien” au nez busqué
240.00 €(Approx. 259.20$ | 199.20£)
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Type : Potin à la grosse tête “d’indien” au nez busqué
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,57 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et centré, aux bords irréguliers. Tête agréable au droit à l’usure régulière. Revers plus faible. Patine gris sombre
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête “d’indien” fortement stylisée à droite, le nez long, l’œil fortement marqué ; la chevelure formée par quatre petites mèches placées verticalement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche.
Commentary
Les quelques exemplaires connus de ce potin ont un flan irrégulier, avec un contour irrégulier et un aspect peu soigné.
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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