bga_325146 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Quart de statère “à la tête d'indien”
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Price : 950.00 €
Type : Quart de statère “à la tête d'indien”
Date: IIe siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, mais néanmoins un peu court pour ce type. Droit et revers assez bien venus
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite stylisée avec une chevelure très ornementée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval étiré galopant à droite conduit par une victoire, une rosace entre les jambes.
Commentary
Dans cette série, les types tournés à droite semblent être les plus anciens. Ce quart de statère est la division du merveilleux statère de flan large, dit “à la tête d’indien”.
In this series, the types facing right seem to be the oldest. This quarter stater is the division of the marvelous large flan stater, known as “Indian-headed”
In this series, the types facing right seem to be the oldest. This quarter stater is the division of the marvelous large flan stater, known as “Indian-headed”
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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