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bga_763651 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme

GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,18 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée, avec de très jolis détails au droit comme au revers. Une belle patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en trois grosses mèches.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite ; au-dessus, tête humaine à droite ; dessous, cercle perlé et pointé.

Commentary


Restes de frappe incuse au droit, où l’on voit l’annelet du revers au niveau du front !.

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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