E-auction 10-2247 - bga_195235 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze SIINV à l’oiseau
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 11 € |
| Maximum bid : | 11 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 June 2013 17:12:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Bronze SIINV à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et revers complet, mais frappe légèrement décentrée au droit. Agréable patine brune et brillante
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
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 ; trois globules sous la queue et un autre sous la tête.
Commentary
Si les bronzes à l'oiseau des Sénons sont courants, ce sont ceux avec la légende YLLICCI que l'on rencontre habituellement. Les bronzes à légende KOIIAKAO ou SIINV sont les plus rares de cette série.
Sur cet exemplaire, le revers n’est pas exceptionnel mais a l’avantage de présenter la légende SIINV complète.
While bronzes with birds from the Senones are common, it is those with the legend YLLICCI that are usually encountered. Bronzes with the legend KOIIAKAO or SIINV are the rarest in this series. On this example, the reverse is not exceptional but has the advantage of presenting the complete SIINV legend.
Sur cet exemplaire, le revers n’est pas exceptionnel mais a l’avantage de présenter la légende SIINV complète.
While bronzes with birds from the Senones are common, it is those with the legend YLLICCI that are usually encountered. Bronzes with the legend KOIIAKAO or SIINV are the rarest in this series. On this example, the reverse is not exceptional but has the advantage of presenting the complete SIINV legend.
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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