bga_324530 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze LIXOVIATIS au cheval et à la rouelle
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Price : 180.00 €
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Price : 180.00 €
Type : Bronze LIXOVIATIS au cheval et à la rouelle
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,97 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bronze sur un flan un peu court, mais avec des types bien centrés. Patine vert foncé, un peu piquée par endroits
Obverse
Obverse legend : [LIXOVIATI-S].
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite avec des mèches longues tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [LIXOVIATIS].
Reverse description : Cheval au cou fourchu galopant à droite ; au-dessus du cheval, épi de blé sur sa tige, accosté de deux globules ; une rouelle sous le cheval.
Commentary
Ce bronze est copié sur le denier de la gens Calpurnia, Lucius ou Caius Calpurnius Frugi qui furent respectivement monétaires en 90 avant J.-C. (RCV. 235 = RRC. 340) et en 67 avant J.-C. (RCV. 348 = RRC. 408).
La légende LIXOVIATIS est complètement hors flan au droit comme au revers.
This bronze is copied from the denarius of the gens Calpurnia, Lucius or Caius Calpurnius Frugi which were respectively minted in 90 BC (RCV. 235 = RRC. 340) and in 67 BC (RCV. 348 = RRC. 408). The legend LIXOVIATIS is completely off-flan on both the obverse and reverse.
La légende LIXOVIATIS est complètement hors flan au droit comme au revers.
This bronze is copied from the denarius of the gens Calpurnia, Lucius or Caius Calpurnius Frugi which were respectively minted in 90 BC (RCV. 235 = RRC. 340) and in 67 BC (RCV. 348 = RRC. 408). The legend LIXOVIATIS is completely off-flan on both the obverse and reverse.
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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