v15_0627 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 65.00 €
Estimate : 130.00 €
Realised price : 65.00 €
Starting price : 65.00 €
Estimate : 130.00 €
Realised price : 65.00 €
Type : Bronze YLLYCCI à l’oiseau
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,87 g.
Coments on the condition:
Faiblesse de frappe au droit. Frappé sur un flan légèrement bombé. Joli revers à la légende élégante. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
LT.manque - BN.7531-7534 - ABT.- - RIG.320 - Sch/L.741 var. - Sch/SM.- - Sch/D.- - Sch/GB.- - BMCC.manque
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches stylisées, ramenées en avant et bouletées aux extrémités ; devant la bouche, une esse retournée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : YLLVCCI.
Reverse description : Oiseau à gauche ; derrière, un pentagramme et une croisette aux extrémités bouletées, accostée de quatre globules ; deux annelets centrés derrière la queue de l'oiseau.
Commentary
La forme du flan a accentué l’usure superficielle au droit et rend difficle l’attribution à la classe 6. C’est grâce à l’esse retournée, placée devant la bouche, que nous pouvons donner cette pièce à cette classe.
The shape of the flan has accentuated the superficial wear on the right and makes it difficult to assign it to class 6. It is thanks to the upturned esse, placed in front of the mouth, that we can assign this piece to this class.
The shape of the flan has accentuated the superficial wear on the right and makes it difficult to assign it to class 6. It is thanks to the upturned esse, placed in front of the mouth, that we can assign this piece to this class.
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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