v26_0690 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Semis à l’aigle PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS. / ARCANTODA.MAVPENNOS.
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 245.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 275.00 €
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 245.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 275.00 €
Type : Semis à l’aigle PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS. / ARCANTODA.MAVPENNOS.
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18,9 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,54 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire identifiable, avec une épaisse patine verte antique brillante, légèrement piquée par endroits
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PVBLICOS LIXOVIO SIMISSOS.
Obverse description : Fleur très stylisée à quatre pétales dans un cercle de petits traits ; en circulaire, la légende entourée d'un grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARCANTODA.MAVPENNOS..
Reverse description : Aigle déployé de trois quarts à gauche ; en circulaire, la légende sans grènetis.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est très rare. Il peut être confondu avec le bronze épigraphe SIMISSOS.PVBLICOS. GAL. qui est encore plus rare, avec seulement deux exemplaires connus. Sur notre bronze, les légendes PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS ET ARCANTODA.MAVPENNOS. sont quasiment entièrement lisibles.
This type of bronze is very rare. It can be confused with the epigraphic bronze SIMISSOS.PVBLICOS. GAL. which is even rarer, with only two known examples. On our bronze, the legends PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS and ARCANTODA.MAVPENNOS. are almost entirely legible.
This type of bronze is very rare. It can be confused with the epigraphic bronze SIMISSOS.PVBLICOS. GAL. which is even rarer, with only two known examples. On our bronze, the legends PVBLICOS.LIXOVIO.SIMISSOS and ARCANTODA.MAVPENNOS. are almost entirely legible.
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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