v15_0675 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la grosse tête “d’indien” au nez busqué
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 205.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 271.00 €
Starting price : 205.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 265.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 271.00 €
Type : Potin à la grosse tête “d’indien” au nez busqué
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,71 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan bombé. Beau portrait. Revers légèrement décentré. Jolie patine vert gris
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête “d’indien” fortement stylisée à droite, le nez long, l’œil fortement marqué ; la chevelure formée par quatre petites mèches placées verticalement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire de poids lourd semble complètement inédit et non répertorié pour le type et manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. C’est peut-être le second exemplaire connu. Le visage de ce potin est très particulier. Flan quadrangulaire. Techniquement, au revers il y a la trace du revers d’un voisin. Traces de coulée visibles sur la tranche et métal mal ébarbé.
This heavyweight example appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the type and is missing from the main works consulted. It may be the second known example. The face of this potin is very particular. Quadrangular flan. Technically, on the reverse there is the trace of a neighbor's reverse. Traces of casting visible on the edge and poorly trimmed metal
This heavyweight example appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the type and is missing from the main works consulted. It may be the second known example. The face of this potin is very particular. Quadrangular flan. Technically, on the reverse there is the trace of a neighbor's reverse. Traces of casting visible on the edge and poorly trimmed metal
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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