v28_0755 - SENONES (Area of Sens) PC 21.01 - Potin à la tête “d’indien”
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 190.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 260.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 190.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 260.00 €
Type : PC 21.01 - Potin à la tête “d’indien”
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19,9 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,31 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de haut relief sur un flan épais et lourd, pratiquement complet des deux côtés avec une patine gris foncé, légèrement hétérogène au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête “d’indien” fortement stylisée à droite, six mèches courtes de cheveux tirées en arrière, bouletées aux extrémités ; l’œil est globulé ; trace de l’oreille.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval stylisé au pas à gauche, accosté de trois globules ; la queue du cheval est globulée, à son extrémité.
Commentary
Ce potin est peut-être la monnaie gauloise la plus courante ! Il est cependant rare d'en trouver dans un si bel état. Cet exemplaire a la particularité d'avoir les mèches aux extrémités bouletées, une oreille bien marquée, le bout du nez fortement bouleté et la bouche en deux globules.
This potin is perhaps the most common Gallic currency! However, it is rare to find one in such beautiful condition. This example has the particularity of having locks with rounded ends, a well-marked ear, the tip of the nose heavily rounded and the mouth in two globules
This potin is perhaps the most common Gallic currency! However, it is rare to find one in such beautiful condition. This example has the particularity of having locks with rounded ends, a well-marked ear, the tip of the nose heavily rounded and the mouth in two globules
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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