bga_616490 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze SIINV à l’oiseau
80.00 €(Approx. 93.60$ | 69.60£)
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Type : Bronze SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Droit décentré mais très beau revers avec une légende parfaitement lisible. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
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 ; trois globules sous la queue et un autre sous la tête.
Commentary
Si les bronzes à l'oiseau des Sénons sont courants, ce sont ceux avec la légende YLLICCI que l'on rencontre habituellement. Les bronzes à légende KOIIAKAO ou SIINV sont les plus rares de cette série.
If bronzes with the bird of the Sénons are common, it is those with the legend YLLICCI that we usually encounter. The bronzes with the legend KOIIAKAO or SIINV are the rarest of this series
If bronzes with the bird of the Sénons are common, it is those with the legend YLLICCI that we usually encounter. The bronzes with the legend KOIIAKAO or SIINV are the rarest of this series
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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