E-auction 68-32678 - bga_297117 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 485 € |
| Maximum bid : | 485 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 August 2014 15:08:30 |
| bidders : | 11 bidders |
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Weight : 7,16 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Statère avec une croix complète sur un flan très globulaire, avec des contours hétérogènes
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce statère provient d’une petite trouvaille effectuée sur la commune de Marchéville (Eure-et-Loir) dans les années 1960. Vingt-neuf exemplaires ont été retrouvés récemment dans les affaires de l’inventeur décédé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec une petite croix en relief.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lisse.
Commentary
Ces statères, d’une typologie très simple, mais d’une technologie complexe, ont malheureusement fait récemment parler d’eux, avec le vol du fameux trésor de Saint-Denis-les-Sens en juin 2012.
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 ; ce statère de 7,16 grammes d'or valait certainement plus qu'un beau statère des Parisii mais en moins bon or et plus léger ! Il est d’ailleurs intéressant de noter que ce type était représenté aux côtés des 53 statères parisii dans le trésor de Puteaux découvert en 1950. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu proposait ces statères globulaires à la croix comme “le premier monnayage d’or des Parisii ?”.
These staters, of a very simple typology, but complex technology, have unfortunately recently been talked about, with the theft of the famous treasure of Saint-Denis-les-Sens in June 2012. Extremely simplified, this stater shows the difference between our modern conception of a beautiful coin and the ancient conception of a valuable coin; this stater of 7.16 grams of gold was certainly worth more than a beautiful stater of the Parisii but in less good gold and lighter! It is also interesting to note that this type was represented alongside the 53 Parisii staters in the Puteaux treasure discovered in 1950. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu proposed these globular staters with the cross as “the first gold coinage of the Parisii?”
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 ; ce statère de 7,16 grammes d'or valait certainement plus qu'un beau statère des Parisii mais en moins bon or et plus léger ! Il est d’ailleurs intéressant de noter que ce type était représenté aux côtés des 53 statères parisii dans le trésor de Puteaux découvert en 1950. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu proposait ces statères globulaires à la croix comme “le premier monnayage d’or des Parisii ?”.
These staters, of a very simple typology, but complex technology, have unfortunately recently been talked about, with the theft of the famous treasure of Saint-Denis-les-Sens in June 2012. Extremely simplified, this stater shows the difference between our modern conception of a beautiful coin and the ancient conception of a valuable coin; this stater of 7.16 grams of gold was certainly worth more than a beautiful stater of the Parisii but in less good gold and lighter! It is also interesting to note that this type was represented alongside the 53 Parisii staters in the Puteaux treasure discovered in 1950. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu proposed these globular staters with the cross as “the first gold coinage of the Parisii?”
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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