BELLOVACI

Tribe of Belgica in the Oise department of northern France. Their capital was Beauvais, known in Roman times as Caesaromagus Bellovacorum, ‘Caesar’s market of the Bellovaci’. Their name means ‘strong fighters’.

Running Man. Bellovaci. c.80-50 BC. Bronze unit. 16mm. 2.42g. Man running right./ Horse galloping right, star above and below. LT−, DT 293, BMC−. Gd VF/VF, bold man, dark green patina. Ex Anthony Levine collection, bt. Chris Rudd (2018).                                       Was £95. Now only £85