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Price : 80.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 80.00 €
Type : Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe VII
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,5 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large mais un peu irrégulier. Droit légèrement décentré et revers complet. Belle patine au droit, mais piquée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches stylisées, ramenées en arrière et bouletées à l’intérieur ; S devant le nez et la bouche ; torque bouleté sous le menton.
Reverse
Reverse legend : YLLIICCI.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et une S ; deux annelets centrés derrière la queue de l’oiseau ; une croisette aux extrémités bouletées accostée de quatre globules sous la queue.
Commentary
Au droit l’esse devant la bouche n’est pas retournée. Au revers, l’oiseau ne semble pas avoir de globule sous le bec.
On the right, the esse in front of the mouth is not turned back. On the reverse, the bird does not appear to have a globule under the beak.
On the right, the esse in front of the mouth is not turned back. On the reverse, the bird does not appear to have a globule under the beak.
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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