bga_442825 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme, avers et revers à gauche
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Price : 580.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 580.00 €
Type : Drachme, avers et revers à gauche
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Drachme sur un flan un peu court et ovale, mais avec des types assez bien centrés. Épaisse patine grise un peu poreuse
Predigree :
Cette drachme a été achetée chez Thimonier à la fin des années 1970
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, les cheveux divisés en trois grosses mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à gauche ; au-dessus, tête humaine à gauche ; un annelet pointé entre les jambes.
Commentary
La tête coupée du revers est du même type que celle de l’avers. Les monnaies de cette série sont presque toujours mal centrées et ne présentent quasiment jamais une tête complète au droit associée à un revers montrant la tête coupée et la tête du cheval. Cet exemplaire est particulièrement complet et homogène.
The severed head on the reverse is of the same type as that on the obverse. Coins in this series are almost always poorly centered and almost never feature a complete head on the obverse combined with a reverse showing the severed head and the horse's head. This example is particularly complete and homogeneous
The severed head on the reverse is of the same type as that on the obverse. Coins in this series are almost always poorly centered and almost never feature a complete head on the obverse combined with a reverse showing the severed head and the horse's head. This example is particularly complete and homogeneous
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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