Live auction - bga_352606 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au monstre marin
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 280 € |
| Maximum bid : | 295 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 15:33:31 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Bronze au monstre marin
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court et ovale, avec une frappe particulièrement vigoureuse. Beaux reliefs agrémentés d’une superbe patine en nuances de verts
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête et encolure de cheval anguipède à droite avec l’encolure perlée ; un protomé de cheval (?) lui faisant face ; grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à droite surmonté d'un triskèle ; dans le champ, annelets centrés ; grènetis.
Commentary
L'interprétation de l'animal du droit et du petit animal secondaire du revers n'est pas très aisée, mais les propositions sont variées ; du canard au cheval sans membres... Le centrage de cet exemplaire permet de mieux comprendre le type de droit, avec un très beau protomé faisant face à l’animal principal.
Historical background
AMBIANI (Area of Amiens)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Their name, "those who are on both sides of the river", indicates that the Ambiens, people of Belgian Gaul, occupied both banks of the Somme (Samara). Their territory corresponds to the current department of the Somme. Their neighbors were the Calètes, the Morins, the Atrébates, the Bellovaques. Their main oppidum was Samarobriva (near Amiens). They participated in the coalition of the Belgian peoples in 57 BC and provided a contingent of ten thousand men. In 52 BC, it was a contingent of five thousand men that they gave for the relief army dedicated to clearing Alesia. Caesar (BG. II, 4, 15; VII, 75; VIII, 7). Strabo (G. IV, 5). Kruta: 68, 110, 366.
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AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au monstre marin AU/AU
280.00 €
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