bga_213581 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Potin à la tête “d’indien” et au sanglier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 40.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : Potin à la tête “d’indien” et au sanglier
Date: c. avant 52 AC.
Metal : potin
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Potin complet au droit et au revers, avec de très beaux reliefs au droit mais un revers défectueux. Patine sombre et piquée par endroits
Catalogue references :
LT.7445 - DT.2645 - BN.7443-7445 - Sch/L.754 - Sch/SM.384 - Sch/D.- - PK.93 - BMCC.433, S459 - Sch/GB.793
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête “d’indien” fortement stylisée à droite, six mèches de cheveux tirées en arrière, globulées aux extrémités ; l’œil est globulé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier enseigne à droite ; au-dessous, trois points posés en triangle.
Commentary
Pour ce type de potin, il semble qu’il existe des variantes selon le nombre de soies du sanglier, ce qui est assez difficile à déterminer sur cet exemplaire.
For this type of potin, it seems that there are variations depending on the number of bristles on the boar, which is quite difficult to determine on this specimen.
For this type of potin, it seems that there are variations depending on the number of bristles on the boar, which is quite difficult to determine on this specimen.
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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