v15_1213 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval, BN 8432
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 105.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
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Starting price : 105.00 €
Estimate : 220.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze au cheval, BN 8432
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES II, 21 juin 1997, n° 532
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête à droite, les cheveux divisés en deux grandes mèches tombant le long du cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite ; au-dessus, un torque.
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est différent de celui du LA TOUR (LT. 8533). La tête du personnage est très particulière. Au revers, à la place de l’annelet, on trouve une sorte de torque au-dessus du cheval.
This example is different from that of LA TOUR (LT. 8533). The character's head is very particular. On the reverse, in place of the ring, we find a sort of torque above the horse
This example is different from that of LA TOUR (LT. 8533). The character's head is very particular. On the reverse, in place of the ring, we find a sort of torque above the horse
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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