v15_1199 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Statère d'or uniface
MONNAIES 15 (2002)
Starting price : 315.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 655.00 €
Starting price : 315.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 655.00 €
Type : Statère d'or uniface
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16 mm
Weight : 6,19 g.
Coments on the condition:
Petit flan, légèrement ovale et court au revers. Sujet, légèrement décentré au revers, mais de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse avec des traces d’une figure.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval disloqué à droite, accosté d'annelets, de croissants et de globules ; à l’exergue, décor en zigzag.
Commentary
L'exergue sur cet exemplaire n'est pas visible. En revanche, devant le cheval, nous avons peut-être les restes d'un cordon bouleté vertical. Les coins sont en général toujours plus grands que les flans monétaires.
The exergue on this example is not visible. On the other hand, in front of the horse, we may have the remains of a vertical bouleté cordon. Dies are generally always larger than the coin blanks.
The exergue on this example is not visible. On the other hand, in front of the horse, we may have the remains of a vertical bouleté cordon. Dies are generally always larger than the coin blanks.
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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