bga_913098 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Obole au pégase
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Type : Obole au pégase
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,26 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan idéalement centré avec une jolie petite tête au droit. De fines rayures. Patine gris foncé
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”.
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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