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November Auction 2015 13 November 2015
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BELGICA, BRONZE OF THE BELLOVACI, Oise area, 1st century BC, 2.008g. DT 290. Very rare. None on CoinArchives. Untouched dark green patina. Good very fine
The Bellovaci, possibly meaning "the shouters", were among the most powerful and numerous of Belgian tribes of north-eastern Gaul conquered by Caesar in 57 BC. The name survives today in the French city of Beauvais, called by the Romans Caesaromagus.
The Bellovaci, possibly meaning "the shouters", were among the most powerful and numerous of Belgian tribes of north-eastern Gaul conquered by Caesar in 57 BC. The name survives today in the French city of Beauvais, called by the Romans Caesaromagus.