E-auction 31-10531 - bga_162804 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête casquée et à la rosace
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| Estimate : | 60 € |
| Price : | 13 € |
| Maximum bid : | 16 € |
| End of the sale : | 18 November 2013 15:06:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Potin à la tête casquée et à la rosace
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Le portrait est légèrement bouché. Joli revers. Patine vert gris
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée stylisée à gauche entre deux globules.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval ou bouquetin à queue bifide passant à gauche ; derrière la tête, globules ; entre les pattes, un fleuron formé de cinq globules.
Commentary
Les traces des deux penons de coulée sont bien visibles à 10 et 4 heures au droit. Au revers de ce potin, les globules ne sont plus visibles au-dessus du cheval.
The traces of the two casting pennants are clearly visible at 10 and 4 o'clock on the obverse. On the reverse of this potin, the globules are no longer visible above the horse.
The traces of the two casting pennants are clearly visible at 10 and 4 o'clock on the obverse. On the reverse of this potin, the globules are no longer visible above the horse.
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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