bga_176311 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Quart de statère globulaire au segment
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Price : 190.00 €
Type : Quart de statère globulaire au segment
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 8 mm
Weight : 1,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire lisse au droit, mais avec le segment du revers assez net
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
Ces quarts de statères, on ne peut plus simples seraient les divisionnaires des statères globulaires à la croix. Sur celui-ci, certains pourraient y voir un symbole en forme de dauphin au centre du revers (?).
These quarter staters, which could not be simpler, would be the divisionaries of the globular staters with the cross. On this one, some might see a dolphin-shaped symbol in the center of the reverse (?)
These quarter staters, which could not be simpler, would be the divisionaries of the globular staters with the cross. On this one, some might see a dolphin-shaped symbol in the center of the reverse (?)
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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