Live auction - bga_382114 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 420 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 15:45:24 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Weight : 7,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large avec un droit légèrement bombée et une croix bien nette, mais un peu décentrée, au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec une petite croix en relief.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse.
Commentary
D’une simplification extrême, ce statère montre la différence entre notre conception moderne d'une belle monnaie et la conception antique d'une monnaie de valeur...
Cet exemplaire est très proche du n° 524 de J. Sills présentant un flan plus large que les traditionnels statères globulaires et une croix composée de deux fins segments à peine perpendiculaires.
Extremely simplified, this stater shows the difference between our modern conception of a beautiful coin and the ancient conception of a valuable coin... This example is very close to J. Sills' No. 524, presenting a wider flan than the traditional globular staters and a cross composed of two thin, barely perpendicular segments.
Cet exemplaire est très proche du n° 524 de J. Sills présentant un flan plus large que les traditionnels statères globulaires et une croix composée de deux fins segments à peine perpendiculaires.
Extremely simplified, this stater shows the difference between our modern conception of a beautiful coin and the ancient conception of a valuable coin... This example is very close to J. Sills' No. 524, presenting a wider flan than the traditional globular staters and a cross composed of two thin, barely perpendicular segments.
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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