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bga_570645 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze au personnage de face

LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze au personnage de face AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 700.00 €
Type : Bronze au personnage de face
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,70 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Remarquable monnaie complète des deux côtés et quasi SUP ! Joli revers fin. Patine foncée avec une pointe de concrétion rougeâtre sur le cheval

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de face avec les cheveux divisés en deux grosses mèches de part et d’autre du visage, un torque autour du cou.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite ; au-dessus du cheval, buste de face (tête du droit) et une rouelle entre les jambes.

Commentary


C’est de très loin le plus bel exemplaire que nous ayons proposé à la vente !.

Historical background


LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Lexovians, a small Celtic people, had Noviomagus (Lisieux) as their main oppidum. Their territory was bounded by the hills of the Perche and the sea. According to Strabo, the Lexovians would have been excellent traders, exchanging tin from Brittany and lead from Cornwall for wine and oil from Italy. They are cited several times by Caesar in his Commentaries. The Lexovian contingent for the relief army sent to Alesia was included in the twenty thousand men counted for all the peoples along the ocean and "who call themselves Armoricans". However, the Lexovians do not belong to the Armorican group. Caesar (BG. III, 9, 11, 17, 29). Kruta: 351, 366.

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