bga_1131620 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère en électrum à la lyre, type de Chenôves
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Type : Statère en électrum à la lyre, type de Chenôves
Date: c. 70-50 AC.
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 7,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Statère magnifique, quasi SUP si ce n’est pour quelques plats de frappe et quelques rayures. Très beau portrait expressif au droit et revers complet. La monnaie est frappée sur flan court, épais et centré, éclaté à diverses endroits. Patine de collection
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 ; lyre sous le cheval.
Commentary
Un des plus beaux exemplaires connus ! La série dite de Chenôves regroupe toutes ces monnaies (statères et quarts de statère) sur flan court et épais avec divers symboles au revers (lyre, roue et triskèle). Ce sont Louis-Pol Delestrée et Nicolas Manios, dans leur article “Un nouveau dépôt d’outils monétaires, retour sur les monnayages des Sénons” ( CN n°235, mars 2023), qui réattribuent ce monnayage jusqu’alors considéré comme Eduens, aux Sénons.
One of the finest known examples! The so-called Chenôves series includes all these coins (staters and quarter-staters) on short, thick flans with various symbols on the reverse (lyre, wheel, and triskelion). It was Louis-Pol Delestrée and Nicolas Manios, in their article “A New Deposit of Coinage Tools: A Look Back at the Coinage of the Senones” (CN no. 235, March 2023), who reattributed this coinage, previously considered to be Aedui, to the Senones.
One of the finest known examples! The so-called Chenôves series includes all these coins (staters and quarter-staters) on short, thick flans with various symbols on the reverse (lyre, wheel, and triskelion). It was Louis-Pol Delestrée and Nicolas Manios, in their article “A New Deposit of Coinage Tools: A Look Back at the Coinage of the Senones” (CN no. 235, March 2023), who reattributed this coinage, previously considered to be Aedui, to the Senones.
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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