bga_229820 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe IV
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Price : 20.00 €
Type : Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe IV
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bronze un peu confus, sur un flan court mais avec les types centrés et presque complets. Patine sombre et hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire de la collection Jorg Müller, a été acheté chez “Monnaie du Louvre”, le 4 mai 1991
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses boucles stylisées, tirées en arrière.
Reverse
Reverse legend : YLLYCCI.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et un Y ; derrière, deux annelets centrés ; sous la queue de l’oiseau, une croisette aux extrémités bouletées.
Commentary
Le style du droit semble devoir faire se rattacher cette monnaie à la classe IV. Au revers la légende YLLYCCI est presque complète, partiellement en bord de flan.
The obverse style seems to place this coin in class IV. On the reverse, the legend YLLYCCI is almost complete, partially on the edge of the flan.
The obverse style seems to place this coin in class IV. On the reverse, the legend YLLYCCI is almost complete, partially on the edge of the flan.
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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