bga_867478 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval retournant la tête
60.00 €(Approx. 62.40$ | 49.80£)
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Type : Bronze au cheval retournant la tête
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure très importante mais un revers bien identifiable. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cheval immobile à gauche, la tête retournée vers la droite ; dessous, à droite, un petit cheval et décors périphériques.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier porte-enseigne à droite ; devant, une esse et décors périphériques.
Commentary
Ce type reste rarissime. C’est la deuxième fois que nous le présentons à la vente !.
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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