bga_154549 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Bronze aux loups affrontés et au cheval
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Price : 140.00 €
Type : Bronze aux loups affrontés et au cheval
Date: c. 60-40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 16 mm
Weight : 2,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire pour ce type de bronze avec une patine et un métal typique de ces bronzes dits de la trouvaille d'Amiens, marrons et granuleux
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux loups opposés ou alternés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à gauche ; au-dessus de la croupe du cheval, petit sanglier enseigne à droite ; entre les jambes du cheval, petit oiseau.
Commentary
Dans cette série 52 du Nouvel Atlas, "type aux animaux adossés ou alternés", ce bronze occupe la classe 3. Au revers, le petit oiseau est assez net entre les jambes du cheval. Au droit, on observe une sorte de gros grènetis.
In this series 52 of the New Atlas, \\\"type with animals leaning against each other or alternately\\\", this bronze occupies class 3. On the reverse, the small bird is quite clear between the horse's legs. On the obverse, we observe a sort of large graining
In this series 52 of the New Atlas, \\\"type with animals leaning against each other or alternately\\\", this bronze occupies class 3. On the reverse, the small bird is quite clear between the horse's legs. On the obverse, we observe a sort of large graining
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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