bga_248544 - AMBIANI (Area of Amiens) Statère d'or uniface
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Statère d'or uniface
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amiens (80)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Weight : 6,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Statère sur un flan un peu court avec une frappe défectueuse et décentrée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Lisse.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval disloqué à droite, accosté d'annelets, de croissants et de globules.
Commentary
Ce type était donné par S. Scheers à la classe II dans le Traité en 1977 alors qu’aujourd’hui L.-P. Delestrée le classe entre les classes III et IV (variété 4 du “Nouvel atlas”).
Sur cet exemplaire, l’exergue est complètement visible avec la ligne chevronnée.
This type was given by S. Scheers to class II in the Treaty in 1977 while today L.-P. Delestrée classifies it between classes III and IV (variety 4 of the “New Atlas”). On this example, the exergue is completely visible with the chevron line
Sur cet exemplaire, l’exergue est complètement visible avec la ligne chevronnée.
This type was given by S. Scheers to class II in the Treaty in 1977 while today L.-P. Delestrée classifies it between classes III and IV (variety 4 of the “New Atlas”). On this example, the exergue is completely visible with the chevron line
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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