Live auction - bga_989725 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval, au masque et au triskèle
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 760 € |
| Maximum bid : | 760 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 March 2025 15:02:18 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Bronze au cheval, au masque et au triskèle
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie frappée sur flan large et centré, dans un état exceptionnel pour le type. De beaux reliefs, usure fine et régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête humaine à gauche ; visage luniforme et importante chevelure en boucles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval à droite ; triskèle entre les jambes et un masque de face au-dessus de la croupe.
Commentary
Ce type de bronze est excessivement rare. Un exemplaire figurait dans la collection André BRETON, non illustré dans le catalogue ; il provenait d’une vente VINCHON des années 1950 et avait été repris pour illustrer le Traité de Simone Scheers.
This type of bronze is exceedingly rare. A example appeared in the André BRETON collection, not illustrated in the catalog; it came from a VINCHON sale in the 1950s and had been used to illustrate the Treatise of Simone Scheers
This type of bronze is exceedingly rare. A example appeared in the André BRETON collection, not illustrated in the catalog; it came from a VINCHON sale in the 1950s and had been used to illustrate the Treatise of Simone Scheers
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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