v31_0826 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la grosse tête, et à l’œil vide
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Potin à la grosse tête, et à l’œil vide
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 18,1 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,13 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très beau potin avec deux cassures au niveau des penons de coulée. Revers un peu plus mou que le droit, mais belle et homogène patine grise
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
Au droit, ce potin a la particularité d'avoir l'œil vide ; cet exemplaire devrait être repris par H. Patat pour illustrer son ouvrage, dans les planches supplémentaires à venir.
On the right, this potin has the particularity of having an empty eye; this example should be taken up by H. Patat to illustrate his work, in the additional plates to come
On the right, this potin has the particularity of having an empty eye; this example should be taken up by H. Patat to illustrate his work, in the additional plates to come
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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