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Live auction - bga_571564 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze LIXOVIATIS au cheval et à la rouelle

LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze LIXOVIATIS au cheval et à la rouelle AU
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Estimate : 700 €
Price : 350 €
Maximum bid : 360 €
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 15:57:29
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Bronze LIXOVIATIS au cheval et à la rouelle
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,62 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Droit et revers complets. Monnaie recouverte d’une magnifique patine verte
Catalogue references :

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.

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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