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bga_359434 - MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz) Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf

MEDIOMATRICI (Area of Metz) Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf AU
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Bronze ARG AMBACT , classe I au bœuf
Date: c. 40-20 AC.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 3,86 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type rarissime. Les types de droit et de revers sont presque complets. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection R. Chevallier (1922-2015)

Obverse


Obverse legend : ARG AMBACT.
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


Ce bronze est très rare ; nous n’en avons proposé que deux autres (le n° 1361 de MONNAIES XV et le bga_306972). 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 AMBA.
This bronze is very rare; we have only offered two others (coins XV no. 1361 and bga_306972). 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 AMBA

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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