bga_242088 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Quinaire AVIACOS, classe II anépigraphe
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Quinaire AVIACOS, classe II anépigraphe
Date: c. 100-50 BC.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 1,98 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Rare quinaire, frappé sur un flan large et ovale mais avec un droit mais centré et un revers complet. Fine patine grise, légèrement hétérogène
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure en petites mèches ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant sur une ligne d’exergue ; un oiseau en guise d’aurige ; légende dégénérée sous l’exergue.
Commentary
Cette monnaie correspond exactement au DT. 3682. Au revers, la pseudo légende à l’exergue est composée de deux lignes de segments de part et d’autre d’un globule central.
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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