bga_162855 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe XIb
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Price : 60.00 €
Type : Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau, classe XIb
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,1 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Frappe molle ou noyée dans une épaisse patine sombre et brillante au droit. Revers de qualité malgré une faiblesse de frappe derrière l'oiseau
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 : YLLYCCI FORTEMENT DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
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
Sur cet exemplaire, l’oiseau du revers a toujours un globule sous le bec, mais un serpent vient s’ajouter.
On this example, the bird on the reverse still has a globule under its beak, but a snake is added.
On this example, the bird on the reverse still has a globule under its beak, but a snake is added.
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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