Live auction - bga_590852 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme, avers et revers à droite
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 660 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:28:01 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme, avers et revers à droite
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique monnaie avec un revers bien venu à la frappe. Superbe patine
Predigree :
Cette drachme provient anciennement de la collection Georges Danicourt (acquise au salon de Pau en 2000)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à gauche, les cheveux divisés en trois grosses mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à gauche ; au-dessus, tête humaine à gauche ; un annelet pointé entre les jambes.
Commentary
La tête coupée du revers est du même type que celle de l’avers. Les monnaies de cette série sont presque toujours mal centrées et ne présentent quasiment jamais une tête complète au droit associée à un revers montrant la tête coupée et la tête du cheval ; ces trois éléments sont bien nets sur cet exemplaire hors du commun.
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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