bga_832053 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Semis à l’aigle PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS. / CISIAMBOS.CATTOS.VERCOBRETO.
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Type : Semis à l’aigle PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS. / CISIAMBOS.CATTOS.VERCOBRETO.
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 7,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, légèrement décentré au droit avec une partie de la légende non lisible. Revers idéalement centré, usé au niveau de la légende. Très belle fleur à l’avers, presque SUP. Patine sombre
Catalogue references :
LT.7159 - DT.2481 - RIG.226 - BN.7159-7165 - Sch/L.848-850 - Sch/SM.280 - Sch/D.165 - BMCC.manque - Z.-
Obverse
Obverse legend : PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS..
Obverse description : Fleur stylisée à quatre pétales dans un cercle de petits traits ; en circulaire, la légende entourée d'un grènetis.
Obverse translation : (Semis public des Léxoviens).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CISIAMBOS.CATTOS.VERCOBRETO..
Reverse description : Aigle déployé de trois quarts à gauche ; en circulaire, la légende entourée d'un grènetis formé de petits traits obliques.
Commentary
B. Fischer fait très justement remarquer que la légende PVBLICOS correspond à un monnayage public et émet l’hypothèse qu’il y avait des émissions privées.
B. Fischer rightly points out that the PVBLICOS legend corresponds to a public coinage and hypothesizes that there were private issues
B. Fischer rightly points out that the PVBLICOS legend corresponds to a public coinage and hypothesizes that there were private issues
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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