bga_578396 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix, au torque
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Price : 1 650.00 €
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix, au torque
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 13 mm
Weight : 7,11 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire remarquable avec un torque bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec une grande croix en relief avec les extrémités ornées.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse, avec un petit torque en relief en bord de flan.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire a la particularité d’avoir un petit torque en relief au revers ; cette rare variante figure dans le Nouvel Atlas sous le DT. 2539 au sujet duquel les auteurs précisaient en 2004 que “moins de cinq exemplaires de cette classe II sont connus de nous”.
This example has the particularity of having a small torque in relief on the reverse; this rare variant appears in the New Atlas under DT. 2539 about which the authors specified in 2004 that “less than five examples of this class II are known to us”
This example has the particularity of having a small torque in relief on the reverse; this rare variant appears in the New Atlas under DT. 2539 about which the authors specified in 2004 that “less than five examples of this class II are known to us”
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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