Live auction - bga_1034933 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze à la tête de face et au bucrane
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 1 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 15:41:24 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Bronze à la tête de face et au bucrane
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,66 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Superbe bronze bien venu et bien centré, servi d’une agréable patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Petite tête de face (ou bucrane) aux cheveux hirsutes, entouré d’un décor élaboré fait d’annelets et de volutes.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval passant à gauche ; entre les jambes, un bucrane ; des annelets dans le champs.
Commentary
Bien que ce bronze ne soit pas répertorié, il est certain que son style se rapproche des frappes Ambiani.
Although this bronze is not listed, it is certain that its style is close to the Ambiani strikes
Although this bronze is not listed, it is certain that its style is close to the Ambiani strikes
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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