bga_263934 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze “aux abeilles”
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Type : Bronze “aux abeilles”
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bronze sur un flan homogène. Le droit est un peu mou mais le revers bien net malgré un plat de frappe au-dessus du cheval. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche avec un collier ; devant la face, deux cercles centrés avec queue ondulée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval galopant à gauche surmonté d'un aurige tenant les rênes ; un animal serpentiforme entre les jambes du cheval.
Commentary
Ce bronze est exactement du même type que le bga_241398 de la collection Gendre ; le revers est typique de cette série, avec un animal serpentiforme entre les jambes du cheval.
Le bga_241398 présentait un droit exceptionnel avec un superbe motif complet et particulièrement bien venu devant le visage !
L’appellation imagée de bronze “aux abeilles” vient des deux cercles centrés avec queue triple, placés devant le visage qui faisaient parfois penser à ces insectes.
This bronze is exactly the same type as bga_241398 from the Gendre collection; the reverse is typical of this series, with a serpentine animal between the horse's legs. The bga_241398 presented an exceptional right with a superb complete pattern and particularly well placed in front of the face! The pictorial name of bronze “with bees” comes from the two centered circles with triple tails, placed in front of the face which sometimes reminded us of these insects.
Le bga_241398 présentait un droit exceptionnel avec un superbe motif complet et particulièrement bien venu devant le visage !
L’appellation imagée de bronze “aux abeilles” vient des deux cercles centrés avec queue triple, placés devant le visage qui faisaient parfois penser à ces insectes.
This bronze is exactly the same type as bga_241398 from the Gendre collection; the reverse is typical of this series, with a serpentine animal between the horse's legs. The bga_241398 presented an exceptional right with a superb complete pattern and particularly well placed in front of the face! The pictorial name of bronze “with bees” comes from the two centered circles with triple tails, placed in front of the face which sometimes reminded us of these insects.
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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