v28_0758 - SENONES (Area of Sens) PC 21.08 var1 - Potin à la tête “d’indien”, de style fin
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
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Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : PC 21.08 var1 - Potin à la tête “d’indien”, de style fin
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,00 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,70 g.
Coments on the condition:
Potin complet au droit mais au revers irrégulier à cause d’un mauvais ajustement des moules. Patine grise ave le jet de coulée bien net 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
En plus d'être d'un style et d'un poids fin, cet exemplaire a la particularité d'avoir une mèche de cheveux (?) ou une sorte de favoris sous l'oreille. Au revers, on peut deviner deux globules de part et d'autre de la queue.
In addition to being of a fine style and weight, this specimen has the particularity of having a lock of hair (?) or a sort of sideburns under the ear. On the reverse, we can make out two globules on either side of the tail
In addition to being of a fine style and weight, this specimen has the particularity of having a lock of hair (?) or a sort of sideburns under the ear. On the reverse, we can make out two globules on either side of the tail
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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