Live auction - bga_496441 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 570 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 15:15:02 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 17 mm
Weight : 7,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire remarquable sur un flan excessivement large ! Croix bien venue à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec une petite croix en relief.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse.
Commentary
Ces statères, d’une typologie très simple, mais d’une technologie complexe, ont malheureusement fait récemment parler d’eux, avec le vol du fameux trésor de Saint-Denis-les-Sens en juin 2012.
D’une simplification extrême, ce statère montre la différence entre notre conception moderne d'une belle monnaie et la conception antique d'une monnaie de valeur...
Cependant, avec son flan hors norme, ce statère reste exceptionnel !.
D’une simplification extrême, ce statère montre la différence entre notre conception moderne d'une belle monnaie et la conception antique d'une monnaie de valeur...
Cependant, avec son flan hors norme, ce statère reste exceptionnel !.
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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