v15_0387 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Drachme
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 78.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 78.00 €
Estimate : 160.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 80-60 AC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure homogène, frappe légèrement décentrée au revers pour la tête et l’avant du cheval
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en trois grosses mèches.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite ; au-dessus, tête humaine à droite ; dessous, annelet pointé.
Commentary
Monnaie semblant avoir été frappée avec des coins usés, particulièrement pour le droit.
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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