bga_241382 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au swastika et au cheval
55.00 €(Approx. 57.20$ | 45.65£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Bronze au swastika et au cheval
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 13 mm
Weight : 1,25 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bronze de qualité avec des détails assez bien venus, mais sur un métal oxydé et poreux
Predigree :
Ce bronze provient de la collection P. Gendre
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Swastika angulaire accostée d’annelets pointés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite, des annelets pointés dans le champ.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est très rare. Le revers est typique des bronzes ambiens, alors que le droit rappelle plutôt ceux des Atuatuques.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au swastika et au cheval VF/XF
55.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
