bga_857822 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête casquée et à l’annelet pointé
220.00 €(Approx. 228.80$ | 182.60£)
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Type : Potin à la tête casquée et à l’annelet pointé
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,08 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau potin bien centré des deux côtés, présentant de beaux reliefs. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée stylisée à gauche entre deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval ou bouquetin à queue bifide passant à gauche ; entre les jambes, un annelet centré.
Commentary
Le symbole entre les jambes est un annelet centré ; ce symbole est moins courant que la rosace perlée.
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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