bga_645107 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze au cheval retournant la tête
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 750.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Bronze au cheval retournant la tête
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,92 g.
Rarity : R3
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cheval immobile à gauche, la tête retournée vers la droite ; dessous, à droite, un petit cheval et décors périphériques.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sanglier porte-enseigne à droite ; devant, une esse et décors périphériques.
Commentary
Ce type reste rarissime. C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente !.
This type remains extremely rare. This is the first time we've offered it for sale!
This type remains extremely rare. This is the first time we've offered it for sale!
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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