v15_0739 - LEXOVII (Area of Lisieux) Bronze LIXOYIO/MACVPE au personnage de face
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 403.00 €
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 600.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 403.00 €
Type : Bronze LIXOYIO/MACVPE au personnage de face
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert gris. Flan un peu court avec une faiblesse de frappe. Une infime petite rayure sur le visage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LIXOYIO//.
Obverse description : Buste de face avec les cheveux divisés en deux grosses mèches de part et d’autre du visage, un torque autour du cou.
Obverse legend : [ES]QD
Reverse
Reverse legend : MACVPE.
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite, la tête du cavalier ressemble au buste du droit ; sous le cheval, petit personnage, couché.
Commentary
Trace de cassure de coulée du flan, visible à 11 heures et du penon de coulée à 5 heures. Légende pratiquement complète des deux côtés.
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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