v15_0622 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze SIINV à l’oiseau
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, en particulier au droit. Flan légèrement biseauté. Traces de coulée visibles sur la tranche. Légende bien venue au revers. Patine verte superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
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 un annelet centré ; sous le bec, un point.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, la lecture SIINV est indiscutable et plus claire que sur l’exemplaire BN 7552 (= RIG. p. 401). On aperçoit les restes d’un petit torque en forme d’omega devant la bouche.
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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