bga_889891 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze MAVPENNOS
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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Bronze MAVPENNOS
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,70 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Joli bronze sur un flan de forme irrégulière. De jolis détails. Fine usure régulière. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : [MAVPENNOS].
Obverse description : Tête à droite, une croisette derrière la nuque et grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite, avec un bucrane au-dessus de la croupe et une tête coupée entre les jambes.
Commentary
Type rare, publié pour la première fois par P. Gendre dans les cahiers numismatiques 166 de décembre 2005.
Monnaie que nous présentons pour la deuxième fois à la vente !.
Rare type, published for the first time by P. Gendre in the numismatic notebooks 166 of December 2005. Coin that we are presenting for the second time for sale!
Monnaie que nous présentons pour la deuxième fois à la vente !.
Rare type, published for the first time by P. Gendre in the numismatic notebooks 166 of December 2005. Coin that we are presenting for the second time for sale!
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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