bga_1000536 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze du type de CISIAMBOS au lion
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Type : Bronze du type de CISIAMBOS au lion
Date: c. 50-40 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,33 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Joli bronze sur flan centré, présentant de légères faiblesses. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [CI]SIAMBOS.
Obverse description : Tête casquée (?) à droite ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Lion à droite, un épi incliné à gauche, une rouelle sous le ventre et trois points entre l'épi et la crinière.
Commentary
Monnaie particulièrement intéressante associant un droit clairement épigraphe et un revers identique aux bronze de la série anépigraphe.
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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