v15_1217 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval et au sanglier
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 155.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 155.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze au cheval et au sanglier
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Très jolie patine vert d’eau. Légèrement décentré des deux côtés
Catalogue references :
LT.8440 - BN.8432-8440 - ABT.p. 372 - Sch/SM.- - Sch/L.970 - Sch/D.- - Sch/GB.361 série 63 - DT.362 série 46 - BMCC.28
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, la chevelure divisée en grosses mèches ; devant la face, annelets centrés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite l’encolure perlée ; entre les jambes, un sanglier enseigne à droite ; derrière deux annelets pointés.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, les annelets centrés ne sont pas visibles devant le visage, mais en revanche le sont au revers. Sous le cheval, le sanglier posé sur sa hampe est bien une enseigne.
On this example, the centered ringlets are not visible in front of the face, but are visible on the reverse. Under the horse, the wild boar resting on its haft is indeed a sign
On this example, the centered ringlets are not visible in front of the face, but are visible on the reverse. Under the horse, the wild boar resting on its haft is indeed a sign
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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