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bga_702729 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze au portrait CISIAMBOS
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Bronze au portrait CISIAMBOS
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 6,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée frappée sur un flan irrégulier, avec une jolie tête au droit. Patine hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : CISIAMBOS.
Obverse description : Portrait masculin à gauche, la légende devant le visage ; une fleur à quatre pétales derrière la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SEMISSOS LEXOVIO PVBLICA.
Reverse description : Aigle déployé de trois quarts à gauche ; en circulaire, la légende entourée d'un double grènetis.
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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