E-auction 27-8448 - bga_146784 - GALLIA - LEMOVICES (Area of Limoges) Statère à la grue, en bronze
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 28 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 October 2013 15:03:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Statère à la grue, en bronze
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Limoges (87)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,11 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec deux éclatements de flan. Droit n peu mou, mais beau revers bien que largement décentré. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure en grosses mèches aquitaniques ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite, une grue accostée de deux annelets pointés posée sur la croupe et un trèfle entre les jambes ; une esse devant la tête du cheval.
Commentary
Ces bronzes sont des imitations du statère d’électrum LT. 4072. Dix exemplaires sont conservés à la BN. Ils ont tous la particularité d’être frappés sur un flan très épais (de 6 mm d’épaisseur pour celui-ci).
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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