Live auction - bga_458829 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la petite tête “d’indien”
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 270 € |
| Maximum bid : | 277 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 December 2017 14:54:11 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Potin à la petite tête “d’indien”
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sens (89)
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe potin avec de très beaux reliefs et une magnifique patine brune et brillante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête “d’indien” fortement stylisée à droite, cinq petites mèches courtes de cheveux tirées en arrière, bouletées aux extrémités, l’œil est globulé ; le nez est très court et bouleté.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval stylisé au pas à gauche, accosté de trois globules de chaque côté du cheval ; la queue du cheval est globulée à son extrémité.
Commentary
Potin particulièrement stylisé, correspondant exactement au n° 673 de MONNAIES XV et au DT. 2644 avec ce style très particulier.
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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