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bga_630972 - MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz) Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf

MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz) Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf VF
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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf
Date: c. 40-20 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière et recouvert d’une patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ARG AMBACT.
Obverse description : Tête masculine à droite ; légende derrière la nuque (et devant le visage).

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Bœuf à droite, la tête de face ; couronne de laurier en guise de grènetis.

Commentary


Selon B. Fischer, la légende se lit ARG et non pas ARC. Selon elle, la légende AMBACT n’est ni certaine, ni complètement connue. Notre monnaie présente nettement les lettres MBACT.

Historical background


MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz)

(2nd - 1st century BC)

The Médiomatriques were a very powerful people of Belgian Gaul. They were strongly Romanized and owed their wealth to the salt trade. They were installed on the Moselle and controlled part of the Vosges and Alsace. They had for neighbors the Treveri, the Remi, the Lingones, the Leuci and the Sequani. They provided a contingent of five thousand men for the relief army intended to free Alesia. Their main oppidum was Divodurum (Metz). Caesar (BG. IV, 10; VII, 75).

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