Live auction - bga_412076 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Quart de statère à la rouelle, du type de Chenôves
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 15:02:30 |
Type : Quart de statère à la rouelle, du type de Chenôves
Date: c. 70-50 AC.
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan un peu court mais bien centré. Usure homogène au droit avec une patine plus sombre dans les champs. Le revers, légèrement concave, présente de très beaux reliefs
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine laurée à droite, la chevelure stylisée ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à droite ; au-dessus du cheval, l’aurige aviforme ; rouelle sous le cheval.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a un aurige en bord de flan au-dessus du cheval au revers. La rouelle entre les jambes du cheval est bien nette, ainsi que le motif triangulaire devant le cheval.
This example has a charioteer on the edge of the flank above the horse on the reverse. The wheel between the horse's legs is very clear, as is the triangular motif in front of the horse.
This example has a charioteer on the edge of the flank above the horse on the reverse. The wheel between the horse's legs is very clear, as is the triangular motif in front of 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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