bga_346130 - SENONES (Area of Sens) Statère globulaire à la croix
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Price : 680.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 680.00 €
Type : Statère globulaire à la croix
Date: c. 100-80 AC.
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12 mm
Weight : 7,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan globulaire, un peu écrasé, avec une fine croix en faible relief mais bien nette. Quelques défauts de métal et des rayures, surtout 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
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....
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...
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....
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...
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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