bga_253205 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe VIIb, esse inversée
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe VIIb, esse inversée
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier, avec les penons de coulée du flan. Droit de qualité, mais revers de frappe molle en périphérie. Patine vert foncé
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 ; un annelet pointé sous le bec de l’oiseau.
Commentary
Pour ce type de bronze à l'esse, il existe deux variétés de droit selon la position de l'annelet pointé derrière la chevelure. Les deux revers associés à ce type de droit ont un annelet pointé (var. b) ou rien (var. a) sous le bec de l'oiseau.
For this type of bronze at the esse, there are two varieties of law depending on the position of the ring pointed behind the hair. The two reverses associated with this type of right have a pointed ringlet (var. b) or nothing (var. a) under the bird's beak
For this type of bronze at the esse, there are two varieties of law depending on the position of the ring pointed behind the hair. The two reverses associated with this type of right have a pointed ringlet (var. b) or nothing (var. a) under the bird's 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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