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Live auction - bga_1102422 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze KOIIAKA à l’oiseau

SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze KOIIAKA à l’oiseau VF/XF
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : 230 €
Maximum bid : 230 €
End of the sale : 14 April 2026 15:35:21
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Bronze KOIIAKA à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,52 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Un petit manque de métal à huit heures. Frappe un peu molle au droit, mais joli revers avec la légende complète. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses boucles stylisées, tirées en arrière ; devant la bouche, un annelet pointé entouré d’un annelet perlé.

Reverse


Reverse legend : KOIIAKA.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche, un annelet sous la tête ; derrière, un annelet centré.

Commentary


Si les bronzes à l'oiseau des Sénons sont relativement abondants avec les légendes GIAMILOS, YLLYCCI et SIINV, ceux avec la légende KOIIAKA.O sont excessivement rares ! Cet exemplaire, au moins en ce qui concerne le droit, pourrait être le plus complet parmi tous ceux qui sont publiés (le dessin du LA TOUR étant un peu " optimiste " par rapport à l'état de la monnaie de la BN). Cette variété épigraphique ne représente que 0,86% des monnaies de ce groupe trouvées sur le site de la Villeneuve-au-Châtelot, avec seulement 4 exemplaires.
While Senones bird-shaped bronze coins with the legends GIAMILOS, YLLYCCI, and SIINV are relatively abundant, those with the legend KOIIAKA.O are exceedingly rare! This example, at least as far as the obverse is concerned, could be the most complete of all those published (the drawing in LA TOUR being somewhat \\\"optimistic\\\" compared to the condition of the coin in the Bibliothèque Nationale). This epigraphic variety represents only 0.86% of the coins of this group found at the Villeneuve-au-Châtelot site, with only 4 examples.

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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