v15_0619 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
Realised price : 135.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 140.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 240.00 €
Realised price : 135.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 140.00 €
Type : Bronze GIAMILOS/SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Portrait magnifique. Flan irrégulier, légèrement échancré. Jolie patine vert olive clair. Exemplaire de haut relief
Catalogue references :
LT.7565 - BN.7554-7569 - ABT.321 - RIG.179 - Sch/L.735 - 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 ; au-dessous, entre les pattes et la queue, un point.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire techniquement très intéressant avec un flan mal ébarbé et un défaut de coulée suivant la base du cou, nous apercevons la ligne de base du cou très évidée et qui semble soulignée par les deux globules d’un torque vu à l’envers comme sur l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMCC. S146, pl. 24). Sur cet exemplaire la légende du droit est hors champ.
On this technically very interesting example with a poorly trimmed flan and a casting defect following the base of the neck, we see the very hollow base line of the neck which seems to be underlined by the two globules of a torque seen upside down as on the example in the British Museum (BMCC. S146, pl. 24). On this example the legend on the obverse is out of focus
On this technically very interesting example with a poorly trimmed flan and a casting defect following the base of the neck, we see the very hollow base line of the neck which seems to be underlined by the two globules of a torque seen upside down as on the example in the British Museum (BMCC. S146, pl. 24). On this example the legend on the obverse is out of focus
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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