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E-auction 140-80028 - bga_310679 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête casquée et au taureau à la queue ondulée

SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête casquée et au taureau à la queue ondulée AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 360 €
Maximum bid : 400 €
End of the sale : 21 December 2015 14:06:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Potin à la tête casquée et au taureau à la queue ondulée
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Potin rare, relativement complet et assez net. Agréable patine vert foncé avec des nuances de marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée à gauche, le cimier retombant sur la nuque ; le cou se confondant avec le penon de coulée.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Taureau chargeant à droite, sur une ligne d'exergue, la queue relevée et formant des vagues au-dessus de son dos.

Commentary


Ce potin est classé "potin au casque cimmérien" et attribué aux Tricasses par H. Patat. Le droit n'est pas sans rappeler le potin dit "au taureau et au lis" tandis que le revers est plus typique avec cette queue ondulée et démesurée !.

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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