E-auction 33-11569 - bga_164968 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la grosse tête
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 29 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 02 December 2013 15:08:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Potin à la grosse tête
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,1 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire avec de beaux reliefs et une superbe patine marron foncé et orangée... mais avec une cassure récente dans la continuité du jet de coulée entre 2 et 5 heures au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Grosse tête casquée à gauche entre deux besants ; œil figuré par un globule.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche, surmonté par quatre globules posés en T ; deux autres accostant l’antérieur du cheval.
Commentary
Les deux traces de coulée du flan sont bien visibles à 11 et 5 heures. Au revers, tous les globules sont bien nets. La tête et l’arrière train du cheval sont aussi traités en globules.
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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