v09_0819 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze aux Vercobrets ou semis
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 167.69 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 167.69 €
Starting price : 167.69 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
Realised price : 167.69 €
Type : Bronze aux Vercobrets ou semis
Date: c. 40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,15 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Patine verte. Flan irrégulier et incomplet sur les légendes / Au revers l'aigle est bien venu à la frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : [SIMISSOS PVBLICOS LIXOVIO].
Obverse description : Fleur stylisée dans un cercle.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [VERCOBRETO CISIAMIOS CATTOS].
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, les ailes déployées.
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Lexovians, a small Celtic people, had Noviomagus (Lisieux) as their main oppidum. Their territory was bounded by the hills of the Perche and the sea. According to Strabo, the Lexovians would have been excellent traders, exchanging tin from Brittany and lead from Cornwall for wine and oil from Italy. They are cited several times by Caesar in his Commentaries. The Lexovian contingent for the relief army sent to Alesia was included in the twenty thousand men counted for all the peoples along the ocean and "who call themselves Armoricans". However, the Lexovians do not belong to the Armorican group. Caesar (BG. III, 9, 11, 17, 29). Kruta: 351, 366.
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