E-auction 296-182032 - bga_412093 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix et au torque, en bronze
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
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| End of the sale : | 10 April 2018 15:49:37 |
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix et au torque, en bronze
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Weight : 4,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie avec de faibles reliefs, mais avec des types bien identifiables. Flan de 9,5 mm d’épaisseur, avec une patine sombre et poreuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec une petite croix en relief.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire en bronze est très intéressant. Sans présumer de son aspect dans l’antiquité, bien que l’aspect du bronze puisse ressembler à l’or, il est fort probable qu’il ait du être recouvert d’or pour tromper nos ancêtres ; plus aucune trace n’en subsiste !
C’est la première fois que nous rencontrons un statère au torque fourré.
C’est la première fois que nous rencontrons un statère au torque fourré.
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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