v28_0637 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Type : Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,3 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 4,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire frappé sur un flan un peu court. Patine marron, avec de légères traces de concrétions au revers entre les ailes de l’oiseau
Catalogue references :
LT.7565 - DT.2631 - BN.7554-7569 - RIG.179 - Sch/L.737 - Sch/SM.375 - Sch/D.191 - Sch/GB.781 - BMCC.156-159, S146-S147
Obverse
Obverse legend : [GIAMILOS].
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses boucles, tirées en arrière.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SIINV.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et deux annelets centrés.
Commentary
La légende du droit est hors flan, mais la tête est complète et d'un style très agréable. La légende SIINV est pointée à la fin, entre la dernière lettre et le pentagramme. Avec un poids de 4,15 grammes, cet exemplaire est excessivement lourd pour ce type !.
The obverse legend is off-flank, but the head is complete and in a very pleasing style. The SIINV legend is dotted at the end, between the last letter and the pentagram. Weighing 4.15 grams, this example is excessively heavy for this type!
The obverse legend is off-flank, but the head is complete and in a very pleasing style. The SIINV legend is dotted at the end, between the last letter and the pentagram. Weighing 4.15 grams, this example is excessively heavy for this type!
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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