BAÏOCASSES Bayeux region Late 2nd century - 1st half of 1st - Lot 36

BAÏOCASSES Bayeux region Late 2nd century - 1st half of 1st century B.C. Head of Ogmius on right, hair in three thick locks held in place by a thick headband. R/. Androcephalous horse galloped right by a charioteer holding the vexillum. Below, boar-enseigne to right. ♦ DT 2254; LT 6955 and 6982 Electrum statere "with boar". (6,05 g) Blank broken when struck. T.B. Bajocasses. The Baïocasses were an Armorican Celtic people who gave their name to the town of Bayeux (Calvados) and to the Bessin region. The origin of the name is uncertain: it comes from *Badio-cassi or rather *Bodio-cassi. It is based on the Gallic term casse, with no clearly defined etymology, but which is found in the names of other peoples in northern Gaul: Veliocassi (Vexin), Viducassi (Vieux), etc., and perhaps also in the name of the oak tree *cassano- or *cassino-.