v19_0434 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Bronze CONNO EPILLOS SEDVLLVS
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 360.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 360.00 €
Type : Bronze CONNO EPILLOS SEDVLLVS
Date: c. 50 BC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,81 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce rare type, frappé sur un flan petit mais relativement bien centré, avec un cavalier complet au revers. Patine vert sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONNO EPILLOS.
Obverse description : Tête à droite les cheveux relevés et ornée d’un bandeau, (collier perlé au cou). Légende (devant) et derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à gauche, tenant une enseigne gauloise surmontée d'un petit cheval ; derrière lui, un sanglier.
Commentary
Seule la légende située à l'arrière de la tête et sous le menton est visible sur notre exemplaire. Ce type de bronze est attribué aux Lémovices et plus largement au "Centre ouest".
Only the legend located at the back of the head and under the chin is visible on our example. This type of bronze is attributed to the Lemovices and more broadly to the \\\"Centre Ouest\\\"
Only the legend located at the back of the head and under the chin is visible on our example. This type of bronze is attributed to the Lemovices and more broadly to the \\\"Centre Ouest\\\"
Historical background
GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Celtic people who left their name in Limoges and Limousin. The origin of its name comes once again from lemo or limo which can be translated as elm. Skilled traders, specialized in export, they were perhaps the secret allies of the Romans which could explain Caesar's silence on this people who nevertheless extended their power to the Atlantic coasts. Nevertheless, Caesar estimates at ten thousand men the Lemovice contingent sent against him to clear Alesia in 52 BC. After the conquest, from 50 BC, Caesar would have installed several Roman camps on the Lemovice territory in order to be able to monitor the Arvernian territory. Caesar (BG. VII, 4, 75, 88). Strabo (G. IV, 2, 2).
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