bga_306175 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze INS à l’oiseau et au vase, classe VIII
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Bronze INS à l’oiseau et au vase, classe VIII
Date: c. après 45 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bronze d’un type rare, avec un droit un peu mou mais complet. revers assez vigoureux. Patine vert foncé, un peu terne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches élancées, ramenées en arrière ; l’œil est bouleté ; torque bouleté sous le cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INS.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche, le bec au-dessus d’un vase ; au-dessus, un pentagramme et une croisette aux extrémités bouletées accostée de quatre globules ; deux annelets centrés derrière la queue de l’oiseau.
Commentary
Cette variété au vase est rare. Le droit a une coiffure caractéristique de cette variété. Au revers, la légende INS, typique de ce type précis, est en bord de flan, à gauche du vase.
This vase variety is rare. The right has a hairstyle characteristic of this variety. On the reverse, the INS legend, typical of this specific type, is on the edge of the blank, to the left of the vase
This vase variety is rare. The right has a hairstyle characteristic of this variety. On the reverse, the INS legend, typical of this specific type, is on the edge of the blank, to the left of the vase
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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