Live auction - bga_612572 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix, épigraphe
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 2 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 September 2020 15:36:43 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix, épigraphe
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 7,06 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beau flan. Epigraphie un peu molle mais bel exemplaire
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec une grande croix en relief avec les extrémités ornées.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TAI.
Reverse description : Croix en creux, épigraphie en bord de flan.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a la particularité d’avoir une épigraphie au revers ; cette rare variante figure dans le Nouvel Atlas sous le DT. 2540. Le revers avec la légende est gravé d’une croix en creux qui semble d’époque. Ce cas n’avait encore jamais été signalé.
This example has the particularity of having an epigraphy on the reverse; this rare variant appears in the New Atlas under DT. 2540. The reverse with the legend is engraved with a hollow cross which seems to be from the period. This case had never been reported before
This example has the particularity of having an epigraphy on the reverse; this rare variant appears in the New Atlas under DT. 2540. The reverse with the legend is engraved with a hollow cross which seems to be from the period. This case had never been reported before
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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