bga_843203 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Obole au carnyx
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Price : 800.00 €
Type : Obole au carnyx
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,32 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie sur un flan très légèrement décentré. De beaux détails, une faiblesse au droit mais une tête agréable. Au revers, on distingue bien le carnyx au-dessus du cheval. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête aquitanique à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite ; un carnyx au-dessus ; un annelet pointé au-dessous.
Commentary
Cette petite obole s’insère dans la série 1286 pour “les fractions en argent des peuples de l’ouest”, mais se rapproche aussi de la série 1070 “bi-métallique type au carnyx” (bien que celle-ci ne comprenne pas d’oboles). Il semble que seuls quatre exemplaires de ce type ne soient connus.
This small obol fits into the 1286 series for “silver fractions of the peoples of the west”, but is also close to the 1070 series “bi-metallic carnyx type” (although this does not include obols). It seems that only four examples of this type are known
This small obol fits into the 1286 series for “silver fractions of the peoples of the west”, but is also close to the 1070 series “bi-metallic carnyx type” (although this does not include obols). It seems that only four examples of this type are known
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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