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E-auction 234-157567 - bga_154299 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête “d’indien”

SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête “d’indien” AU/XF
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Estimate : 95 €
Price : 28 €
Maximum bid : 28 €
End of the sale : 09 October 2017 14:04:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Potin à la tête “d’indien”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,6 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique droit mais revers un peu mou et incomplet. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce potin provient de la collection Hugues PATAT

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête “d’indien” fortement stylisée à droite, six mèches courtes de cheveux tirées en arrière, bouletées aux extrémités ; l’œil est globulé ; trace de l’oreille.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval stylisé au pas à gauche, accosté de trois globules ; la queue du cheval est globulée, à son extrémité.

Commentary


Ce potin illustre le commencement de la dégénérescence du type classique. Le nez commence à être angulaire et le sourcil se poursuit jusqu'à la nuque, servant de point de départ des différentes mèches. Au revers, le cheval est légèrement cambré et est toujours accosté des trois globules, dont un est peu visible sur cet exemplaire.

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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