bga_346131 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Quart de statère globulaire au segment
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Quart de statère globulaire au segment
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Weight : 1,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan globulaire, un peu irrégulier, avec un beau segment en bord de flan au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Surface concave avec un segment.
Commentary
Pour ces monnaies globulaires, il existe deux types bien distincts ; avec le segment au revers ou avec une dépression (parfois très légèrement pointillée) sans le segment. Cet exemplaire a un revers avec un segment assez irrégulier.
For these globular coins, there are two distinct types; with the segment on the reverse or with a depression (sometimes very slightly dotted) without the segment. This example has a reverse with a rather irregular segment
For these globular coins, there are two distinct types; with the segment on the reverse or with a depression (sometimes very slightly dotted) without the segment. This example has a reverse with a rather irregular segment
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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