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bga_541218 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval et à la croix tréflée, BN 8427

AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval et à la croix tréflée, BN 8427 VF/XF
150.00 €(Approx. 162.00$ | 129.00£)
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Type : Bronze au cheval et à la croix tréflée, BN 8427
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,51 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Droit à l’usure importante mais très beau revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection C.N., acquis en 2008

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée à gauche, torque au cou ; devant la face, trois globules.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre au galop à droite ; au-dessus, un annelet ; entre les pattes, une croix tréflée surmontée de trois annelets.

Commentary


Ce type était très rare en 1977 et le reste encore aujourd’hui.

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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