v15_0617 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 145.00 €
Type : Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Jolie patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse, en particulier au revers. Frappé sur un flan un peu court. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers
Catalogue references :
LT.7565 - BN.7554-7569 - ABT.321 - 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 : SIIN[V].
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et deux annelets centrés ; au-dessous, entre les pattes et la queue, un point.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMCC. pl. 5, n° 156). Sur cet exemplaire l’esse finale de GIAMILOS est parfaitement visible et confirme la lecture des auteurs du RIG., op. cit., p. 292, 2a qui signalaient que : ”la lecture GIAMILOS du droit n’a pas toujours été complète , la dernière lettre ayant été souvent méconnue.”.
Same obverse as the example in the British Museum (BMCC. pl. 5, no. 156). On this example the final esse of GIAMILOS is perfectly visible and confirms the reading of the authors of the RIG., op. cit., p. 292, 2a who pointed out that: “the GIAMILOS reading of the obverse has not always been complete, the last letter having often been overlooked.”
Same obverse as the example in the British Museum (BMCC. pl. 5, no. 156). On this example the final esse of GIAMILOS is perfectly visible and confirms the reading of the authors of the RIG., op. cit., p. 292, 2a who pointed out that: “the GIAMILOS reading of the obverse has not always been complete, the last letter having often been overlooked.”
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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