v15_0388 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 195.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 195.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très belle monnaie de flan ovale en bon argent . Légère faiblesse de frappe sur le haut du visage au droit. Magnifique revers, bien que décentré, avec une patine ancienne
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 ; dessous, deux annelets concentriques.
Commentary
La tête coupée du revers est particulièrement bien venue et montre une coiffure à deux grosses mèches dont la dernière se termine par une longue esse, alors qu’au droit, la coiffure est composée de trois mèches. Cette remarque est valable pour toutes les monnaies à ce type.
The severed head on the reverse is particularly well-deserved and shows a hairstyle with two large locks, the last of which ends in a long lock, while on the obverse, the hairstyle is composed of three locks. This remark is valid for all coins of this type.
The severed head on the reverse is particularly well-deserved and shows a hairstyle with two large locks, the last of which ends in a long lock, while on the obverse, the hairstyle is composed of three locks. This remark is valid for all coins of this type.
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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