Live auction - bga_866651 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la grosse tête, et à l’œil vide
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2026 16:27:15 |
Type : Potin à la grosse tête, et à l’œil vide
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau potin, les deux côtés bien venus à la coulée. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Grosse tête casquée à gauche entre deux besants ; l’œil vide.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE .
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche, surmonté par quatre globules posés en T ; deux autres accostant l’antérieur du cheval.
Commentary
Ce potin a la particularité d’avoir un œil vide.
This potin has the particularity of having an empty eye
This potin has the particularity of having an empty eye
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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