Live auction - bga_411516 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme au carnyx, tête à droite
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
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| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 15:03:30 |
Type : Drachme au carnyx, tête à droite
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,15 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Drachme de bon style, sur un flan un peu court mais néanmoins avec des types presque complets. Patine grise un peu poreuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en grosses mèches bouclées et une accolade sortant de la bouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à gauche ; au-dessus, un carnyx ; un buste humain entre les jambes, tenant la base du carnyx.
Commentary
Avec ce type de tête à droite, les auteurs du Moneta ne répertorient que trois exemplaires ; l’exemplaire du MAN (repris par D. Nash), le n° 151 de la collection Danicourt (repris pour illustrer le Nouvel Atlas) et l’exemplaire de Vienne, n° 215.
Historical background
GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Celtic people who left their name in Limoges and Limousin. The origin of its name comes once again from lemo or limo which can be translated as elm. Skilled traders, specialized in export, they were perhaps the secret allies of the Romans which could explain Caesar's silence on this people who nevertheless extended their power to the Atlantic coasts. Nevertheless, Caesar estimates at ten thousand men the Lemovice contingent sent against him to clear Alesia in 52 BC. After the conquest, from 50 BC, Caesar would have installed several Roman camps on the Lemovice territory in order to be able to monitor the Arvernian territory. Caesar (BG. VII, 4, 75, 88). Strabo (G. IV, 2, 2).
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