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bga_472163 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze MAVPENNOS

LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze MAVPENNOS XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Bronze MAVPENNOS
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bronze avec un avers décentré mais un revers complet
Catalogue references :

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 première fois à la vente !.

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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