bga_202426 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 28.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 28.00 €
Type : Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court, avec un droit de frappe molle. Le revers est presque complet. Patine brune, lisse au droit mais avec des concrétion terreuses autour des reliefs au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : GIAMI[LOS].
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses boucles, tirées en arrière.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SII[NV].
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et deux annelets centrés.
Commentary
Rares sont les exemplaires ayant la légende GIAMILOS entière sur ces bronzes ; elle est presque complètement hors flan sur cet exemplaire.
There are few examples with the entire GIAMILOS legend on these bronzes; it is almost completely off-flank on this example.
There are few examples with the entire GIAMILOS legend on these bronzes; it is almost completely off-flank on this example.
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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