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bga_630972 - MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz) Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 350.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf
Date: c. 40-20 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière et recouvert d’une patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ARG AMBACTI.
Obverse description : Tête masculine à droite ; légende derrière la nuque (et devant le visage).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Bœuf à droite, la tête de face ; couronne de laurier en guise de grènetis.
Commentary
Selon B. Fischer, la légende se lit ARG et non pas ARC. Selon elle, la légende AMBACT n’est ni certaine, ni complètement connue. Notre monnaie présente nettement les lettres MBACT.
According to B. Fischer, the legend reads ARG and not ARC. According to her, the legend AMBACT is neither certain nor completely known. Our coin clearly shows the letters MBACT.
According to B. Fischer, the legend reads ARG and not ARC. According to her, the legend AMBACT is neither certain nor completely known. Our coin clearly shows the letters MBACT.
Historical background
MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz)
(2nd - 1st century BC)
The Médiomatriques were a very powerful people of Belgian Gaul. They were strongly Romanized and owed their wealth to the salt trade. They were installed on the Moselle and controlled part of the Vosges and Alsace. They had for neighbors the Treveri, the Remi, the Lingones, the Leuci and the Sequani. They provided a contingent of five thousand men for the relief army intended to free Alesia. Their main oppidum was Divodurum (Metz). Caesar (BG. IV, 10; VII, 75).
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