bga_273557 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Quart de statère globulaire au segment
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 220.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 220.00 €
Type : Quart de statère globulaire au segment
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 8 mm
Weight : 1,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court et irrégulier, en bon or. Revers avec son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse, avec la trace du bord du coin.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Surface concave avec un segment en relief.
Commentary
Pour ces monnaies globulaires, il existe deux types bien distincts ; avec le segment au revers ou avec une dépression très légèrement pointillée, mais sans le segment.
Cet exemplaire présente un beau segment bien net.
Cet exemplaire présente un beau segment bien net.
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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