CALETTES Pays de Caux region 2nd century B.C. - Lot 60

CALETTES Pays de Caux region 2nd century B.C. Apollonian head on the right, with a rouelle on the cheek. R/. Horse galloped right by an charioteer. Below, double-circle rouelle and mound. In exergue, decorative motif simulating a legend. ♦ DT 100; BN10198 Pale gold hemistatère "à la roue". (3.70 g) North Armorican type. Superb. The Caletes were a people of Belgian Gaul who lived in the present-day Pays de Caux, to which they gave their name, and Pays de Bray. The most important oppida were at Sandouville (144 ha, one of the 5 largest in Gaul), the Fossés de Bénouville at Étretat (64 ha), L'Hôpital at Quièvrecourt (63 ha), the Cité de Limes at Bracquemont (52 ha) and the Camp de Canada at Fécamp (20 ha). Their chief town may have been Calidu, an oppidum of uncertain location. In Roman times, a civitas was founded under the name of Juliobona (today Lillebonne). Another important town, Caracotinum, took the name of Harfleur in Norman times.