bga_554630 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze “aux abeilles”
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Bronze “aux abeilles”
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau bronze frappé sur un flan large et ovale, avec des types complets et très bien venus. Belle patine verte, un peu granuleuse par endroits
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant d’une collection spécialisée uniquement sur les monnaies ambiennes et anciennement de CELTIC IV
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 motif entre les jambes du cheval.
Commentary
Les types sont particulièrement bien venus, avec une belle tête et le motif des “abeilles” devant le visage qui se retrouve sous le cheval.
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.
The types are particularly well-made, with a beautiful head and the motif of “bees” in front of the face, which is also found under the horse. The pictorial name of bronze “with bees” comes from the two centered circles with triple tails, placed in front of the face, which sometimes made one think of these insects.
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.
The types are particularly well-made, with a beautiful head and the motif of “bees” in front of the face, which is also found under the horse. The pictorial name of bronze “with bees” comes from the two centered circles with triple tails, placed in front of the face, which sometimes made one think 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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